Le vendredi 21 novembre 2008 à 10:00 -0500, sean darcy a écrit :
But can't this be done without making an rpm package ( which may
or may
not raise legal issues).
Installing anything via an rpm will be just as legal (or not) as
installing it by other means
I'm looking for something much simpler: I go buy/get a font; I
open
fonts-filesystem/system-config-fonts/whatever ; I point it to the font (
Type1, TT, etc); and the font is installed.
So you're asking for a font-specific installation method.
Why not add a clipart-specific one? And a templates-specific one? And a
palette-specific one?
This quickly ends up an unmanageable mess wasting the time of everyone
involved.
You already have a limited user-level font installation method for
casual users (or had, a bug is open to resurect it). Anything more
complex, such as a system-wide method needing to replicate all the work
we already do in rpm, is a waste of resources.
Making an rpm package of the font first seems to make this more
involved
than it needs to be.
The key word here is seems. Like many other "shortcuts", trying to avoid
making an rpm will end up a lot more work unless you really know what
you're doing (which you only will after having made a few rpms).
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Nicolas Mailhot