[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: GIMP depends on fonts, but fonts don't have to be in a package..



In article <[🔎] y9hk99zd68k.fsf@always.got.net> you wrote:

> How can I provide for this in the GIMP package? If I remove the
> dependancy on xfnt75 and xfnt100, I'll get bug reports that GIMP
> crashes without informative information (it's because it needs the
> fonts and can't get them). If I leave the dependancy in, I get bug
> reports from people who use xfs.

> What's the solution here?

Why not make gimp say something informative when the fonts aren't available?

-- 
Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ )
Email:  Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt


--
E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-policy-request@lists.debian.org
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to listmaster@lists.debian.org


Reply to: