Re: Can I package pcf fonts without gzip compression?

[LI Daobing <lidaobing@gmail.com>]

I think you should forward this message to debian-policy maillist[1][2].

[1] debian-policy@lists.debian.org
[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/

On 8/15/05, Carlos Z.F. Liu <carlosliu@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Hello mentors,
> 
> According Debian Policy Manual 11.8.5 section, we should convert bdf
> fonts into gzipped pcf format.
> 
> My unofficial package, xfonts-wqy, is such a font covered complete CJK
> Unified Ideographics. Many people use this font in Mozilla Firefox to
> display CJK web page. They told me that this gzipped pcf font cause a
> 2 or 3 second high CPU usage period after opening a Chinese web page.
> It could be even longer in a relatively slow machine. If they gunzip
> this font and update the fonts.dir, high CPU usage is gone and the
> feeling is much better.
> 
> Can I package this font without gzip compression?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
>  Best Regards,
>  Carlos
> 
> 
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