Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be> writes: > I'm trying to package foobillard (http://foobillard.sunsite.dk/) for > debian. Looks nice. > a foobillard goes to non-free, which would be a pity. And people who have ttf-larabie-* installed will have some fonts double, which is also bad. > 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 Maybe Erich Schubert is willing to split out the fonts you need in one or two separate packages? Have you asked him? > 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. I don't think the game would lose its soul even with plain sans-serif fonts (judging from the screenshots). > 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 ? (d) is good but the most work. (c) is also quite acceptible. Of course there's always the best <eg>: (e) Convince Ray Larabie to use a free license. Maybe hu is content to release under a must-rename-derivatives condition. But consult with Erich and debian-legal first if you want to persue this. (Least programming work, but may strain social muscles.) > Unfortunately, I do not know much about *roff. It's not that hard to pick up the few things you need from groff_man(7) (kudos to Susan Kleinmann). -- Robbe
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