On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 03:43:50PM -0800, Darren O. Benham wrote: > If either is written in, I gladly revoke my objections because I agree with > the concept... Here is an amended version of the proposal that should address your concerns. There are two changes from the original: 1) Added the first enumerated item. X fonts must be split out into their own packages, basically. 2) Asserted that "misc" fonts must not be mixed with 75dpi or 100dpi fonts at all, instead of making this conditional on something. This policy is shorter and simpler. -- G. Branden Robinson | "There is no gravity in space." Debian GNU/Linux | "Then how could astronauts walk around branden@ecn.purdue.edu | on the Moon?" roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | "Because they were wearing heavy boots."
--- policy.sgml.orig Wed Dec 29 17:01:51 1999 +++ policy.sgml Wed Jan 26 06:21:14 EST 2000 @@ -3140,6 +3140,98 @@ without) of your package.</p> <p> + <em>Packages that provide fonts for the X Window System</em> must + do a number of things to ensure that they are both available + without modification of the X or font server configuration, and + that they do not corrupt files used by other font packages to + register information about themselves. + <enumlist> + <item>Fonts of any type supported by the X Window System should be + be in a separate binary package from any executables, libraries, or + documentation (except that specific to the fonts shipped); if a + program or library is <em>unusable</em> without one or more specific + fonts, the package containing the program or library should declare + a dependency on the package(s) containing the font(s) it + requires.</item> + <item>BDF fonts should be converted to PCF fonts with the + <tt>bdftopcf</tt> utility (available in the + <tt>xbase-clients</tt> package, <tt>gzip</tt>ped, and placed in + a directory that corresponds to their resolution: + <list> + <item>100 dpi fonts should be placed in + <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/</tt>.</item> + <item>75 dpi fonts should be placed in + <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/</tt>.</item> + <item>Character-cell fonts, cursor fonts, and other + low-resolution fonts should be placed in + <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/</tt>.</item> + </list></item> + <item>Speedo fonts should be placed in + <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/</tt>.</item> + <item>Type 1 fonts should be placed in + /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/</tt>. If font metric files are + available, they may be placed here as well.</item> + <item>Subdirectories of <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/</tt> + other than those listed above should be neither created nor + used. (The <tt>PEX</tt> and <tt>cyrillic</tt> directories are + excepted for historical reasons, but installation of files into + these directories remains discouraged.)</item> + <item>Font packages may, instead of placing files directly in + the X font directories listed above, provide symbolic links in + the font directory which point to the files' actual location + in the filesystem. Such a location should comply with the + FHS.</item> + <item>Font packages should not contain both 75dpi and 100dpi + versions of a font. If both are available, they should be + provided in separate binary packages with "-75dpi" or "-100dpi" + appended to the names of the packages containing the + corresponding fonts.</item> + <item>Fonts destined for the <tt>misc</tt> subdirectory should + not be included in the same package as 75dpi or 100dpi fonts; + instead, they should be provided in a separate package with + "-misc" appended to its name.</item> + <item>Font packages <em>must not</em> provide the files + <tt>fonts.dir</tt>, <tt>fonts.alias</tt>, or + <tt>fonts.scale</tt> in a font directory. + <list> + <item><tt>fonts.dir</tt> files must not be provided at + all.</item> + <item><tt>fonts.alias</tt> and <tt>fonts.scale</tt> files, if + needed, should be provided in the directory + <tt>/etc/X11/fonts/<em>fontdir</em>/<em>package</em>.<em>extension</em></tt>, + where <em>fontdir</em> is the name of the subdirectory of + <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/</tt> where the package's + corresponding fonts are stored (e.g., <tt>75dpi</tt> or + <tt>misc</tt>), <em>package</em> is the name of the package + that provides these fonts, and <em>extension</em> is either + <tt>scale</tt> or <tt>alias</tt>, whichever corresponds to + the file contents.</item> + </list></item> + <item>Font packages must declare a dependency on + <tt>xbase-clients</tt> and, in the package post-installation + and post-removal scripts, invoke the <tt>mkfontdir</tt> command + on each directory into which they installed fonts.</item> + <item>Font packages that provide one or more + <tt>fonts.scale</tt> files as described above must declare a + versioned dependency on <tt>xbase-clients (>= + 3.3.3.1-5)</tt> and invoke <tt>update-fonts-scale</tt> on each + directory into which they installed fonts <em>before</em> + invoking <tt>mkfontdir</tt> on that directory. This invocation + must occur in both the post-installation and post-removal + scripts.</item> + <item>Font packages that provide one or more + <tt>fonts.alias</tt> files as described above must declare a + versioned dependency on <tt>xbase-clients (>= + 3.3.3.1-5)</tt> and, in the package post-installation and + post-removal scripts, invoke <tt>update-fonts-alias</tt> on + each directory into which they installed fonts.</item> + <item>Font packages must not provide alias names for the + fonts they include which collide with alias names already in + use by fonts already packaged.</item> + <item>Font packages must not provide fonts with the same XLFD + registry name as another font already packaged.</item> + </enumlist> + </p> + <p> <em>Application defaults</em> files have to be installed in the directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>. They are considered as part of the program code. Thus, they
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