Bug#1095147: fonts-cantarell: Provide a variable font

[Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>]

On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM Amr Ibrahim <amribrahim1987@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I think the optimum is to build both packages and let them
> Conflict/Break/Replace each other. Let the user choose which one to
> install.
>
> The GNOME desktop can depend on the variable font as recommended by
> upstream.

GNOME 48's default font is now "Adwaita Sans", a variant of the
variable version of fonts-inter. This hasn't been packaged for Debian
yet.

GNOME upstream only builds the variable version of Cantarell. I think
we could try doing that but we have to be cautious about how it
affects upgrades for people who are logged into GNOME. See
https://bugs.debian.org/788791

Even if you did build both, I believe there is no need to have
Conflicts/Breaks/Replaces and that can cause complications.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha