Bug#557631: openoffice.org should recommend ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not as an alternative)

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>]

On 2009-11-23 16:36:02 +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 04:28:42PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > On 2009-11-23 16:17:39 +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 04:01:55PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > > OK. Is there another way to make the user aware of the font problems?
> > > > Would a message when installing ttf-liberation or openoffice.org be a
> > > > good idea?
> > > 
> > > ttf-liberation maybe. But what should it say? "If you need
> > > $random_font_XXX install the non-free fonts from M$?"
> > 
> > Something like:
> > 
> > If you want to open documents created with M$ Word, you may need
> > to install the non-free fonts from M$ (ttf-mscorefonts-installer).
> 
> Not true.

It is true. See:

  http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107132

Note that ttf-liberation was installed. Installing
ttf-mscorefonts-installer solved the problem.

And I have several other examples...

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