Bug#225004: tetex-extra: Type1 fonts should be in a separate package
On 15.02.04 Atsuhito Kohda (kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp) wrote:
> From: Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>
Hi,
> > In summary: These fonts belong to teTeX. Now we create a package,
> > containing these fonts, which is completely independent of teTeX,
> > cause there are other applications which can use them, like
> > Mozilla.
>
> I see, so tetex-extra-fonts is a subset of tetex-extra
> and only intended for use without tetex packages, I guess.
>
Well, I misplaced the word "completely". tetex-extra will Depend on
tetex-extra-fonts, cause they are needed. But the fonts can be
installed, without having the teTeX-system installed.
> Then I fell the description a bit misleading...(but I'm not
> native speaker, so I would be wrong.)
>
> +Description: Additional Type1-fonts for teTeX
> + This package contains the afm- and pfb-files of some postscript fonts
> + from Adobe, Bitstream, URW etc. It was split off, to provide other
> + packages with these fonts.
>
> "Additional Type1-fonts for teTeX" and "It was split off"
> are a natural in that case?
>
Are there any native speakers out there? "Additional Type1-fonts for
teTeX" is a little bit confusing, as these fonts are contained in
upstream teTeX and hence not additional. How to describe better?
"Type1-fonts for teTeX (part 1)"? Suggestions?
> # To me, it sounds like an explanation for mutually disjoint
> # packages.
>
> Also I suspect that there is a request to split tetex-* into
> smaller packages so there could be another approach which split
> tetex-extra into tetex-extra without type1 fonts and
> tetex-extra-fonts with type1 fonts only. Is it already discussed on
> this approach?
>
Not at all. We've just that request from mozilla-users, who want to
display Math ML in Mozilla and need these fonts independent of teTeX.
> Sorry for my misunderstanding and bothering you again.
>
Well, before we release the package at least the maintainers of
Debian tetex should have understand what we're doing and why we're
doing it. ;-)
Hilmar
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