On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 12:46:04AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I am re-proposing this. The only change is the following two paragraphs: > <item> > Fonts of any type supported by the X Window System must be > be in a separate binary package from any executables, > libraries, or documentation (except that specific to the > fonts shipped, such as their license information). If one > or more of the fonts so packaged are necessary for proper > operation of the package with which they are associated the > font package may be Recommended; if the fonts merely > provide an enhancement, a Suggests relationship may be > used. Packages must not Depend on font packages. > <footnote> > This is because the X server may retrieve fonts > from the local filesystem or over the network from > an X font server; the Debian package system is > empowered to deal only with the local filesystem. > </footnote> > </item> Seconded, with the proviso that I reserve the right to later be disagreeable about some of the "musts"... (Later being after we work out a satisfactory way of specifying what "must" is meant to specify. Julian, I'd really appreciate it if you could propose something along those lines. But not in this thread...) Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
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