Bug#263410: map files
On 29.09.04 Frank K?ster (frank@debian.org) wrote:
> Frank K?ster <frank@debian.org> schrieb:
> > Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> schrieb:
Hi .*
> >> 1. From changelog:
> >>
> >> * Static font map files are no longer treated as conffiles (or
> >> with ucf), but instead are installed as ordinary files under
> >> /usr/share/texmf. Nobody really needs to edit those files.....
> >>
> >> I disagree: If e.g. anybody wants include not only subset of
> >> fonts into his pdf/ps he has to edit the map-files.
> >
> > Cannot font subsetting be disabled by some other configuration
> > file? And what could be the purpose of including unused glyphs?
>
> Except violating the copyright of a non-free font, thereby giving
> the whole font to a friend in a pdf file...
>
...or in a ps file. Easier to extract IIRC.
> > Can you give an example and/or an explanation on what to do with
> > the map files?
>
> Hilmar, would you please take the time and elaborate on this? I hit
> this question again while working on the current teTeX beta, and I
> would be glad if we could decide on this soon.
>
For this point you could downgrade this bug to wishlist. I can't
imagine any reason, why one would like to include the whole font into
an PS/PDF file. However, the fact that this is configurable in the
map file makes me think that map file are config files and hence
should sit in /etc.
H.
--
sigmentation fault
Reply to: