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Re: foobillard package



On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:25:50PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote:
>   This means that either :
>   a foobillard goes to non-free, which would be a pity.
>   b The fonts are removed from the package, which gets foobillard to
>     contrib, but with dependencies on ttf-larabie-straight and
>     ttf-larabie-deco, both over 3 MB and 7 MB installed. This means one
>     needs 17 MB diskspace instead of 1.3 MB
>   c The fonts are replaced by free fonts. The upstream author would
>     prefer not to do this, so this would be a debian-specific change.
>     Also, it is not easy to find good-looking free decorative fonts.
>   d solution (c), but use the original non-free fonts if they happen to
>     be installed (maybe with a Suggests:). This would require some work.
> 
> What would be the best solution here ?

i think (c) would be the best, because it makes the package entirely
free.

-- 
gram

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