On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 10:50:42PM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 04:35:01PM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > > Ben suggested that I make > > a package for each foundry, and then a virtual package that includes > > all of them. If Dustin agrees to gpl the rest of his fonts, I'll just > > make a ttf-cheapskate package. > > Meta package. A virtual package is something quite different. It is not a > package itself, but rather a package name, named in the "Provides:" control > field, thus emacs21 and emacs20 both have "Provides" of the virutal package > "emacsen". A meta package, on the other hand, is a real package that has > nothing but control information in it, usually "Depends:" so when you > install the meta package it causes a group of other packages to be > installed. > > If I gave the impression that the grouping should be by foundry, that is not > what I meant. I think I mentioned that the foundry may be present in the > name of each actual font package, but that is all. I imagined a good > grouping would be by function, i.e. "fonts suitable for foo". The grouping > I suggested was ttf-latin for a nice collection of fonts supporting latin > characters. > > Ben ttf-latin sounds great. I'll make a meta package called ttf-latin, and make it depend on ttf-dustismo and any others I can find. thanks ben. -- michael cardenas | lead software engineer | lindows.com | hyperpoem.net "You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars." - Thomas Traherne
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