Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Greetings
On 04/04/2017 09:58 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Hi Bobby,
>
> Quoting Bobby de Vos (2017-04-03 23:38:35)
>> On 2017-03-31 04:16, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>> I am quite curious to learn more about your approach - especially
>>> the part that you have succeeded in moving to Free tools. Because -
>>> apart from you making great fonts which is obviously great in itself
>>> - that can serve as inspiration for other font makers.
>>
>> The build system we are using is smith located at
>> https://github.com/silnrsi/smith
>>
>> Instructions for installing smith (either binary packages or from
>> source) are at
>> https://github.com/silnrsi/smith/blob/master/docs/smith/tool.asc
>
> Thanks!
>
> That tool is new to me. And to Debian too, apparently - looking for it
> at https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/prospective which lists all
> so-called RFP and ITP bugreport.
>
> Could you please help start the process of getting that tool included in
> Debian, by filing either an RFP or an ITP bugreport - short instruction
> on how to do that here: https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l1
That tool is still under heavy development.
One of the issue with packaging is handling the long chain of dependencies that it carries.
It's more like a orchestra director with a bunch of different instruments than a standalone utility.
We are looking at the steps needed beyond the ITP itself.
--
Nicolas
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