Re: Inclusion of SFD files
Hi
frank> > Given the fact that TDS 1.1 has a dedicated sfd/ subdirectory,
frank> > wouldn't it make more sense to provide the .sfd files in the main
frank> > teTeX package, rather than in freetype1-tools?
frank>
frank> No, I don't think so. teTeX is a collection that is put together by
frank> Thomas Esser (hence the "te" in the name), not by the Debian
frank> maintainers, and we really can't do the work of including all the stuff
frank> that might be useful. Or look at it from the point of view of source
frank> packages: Why delete them in freetype1's diff.gz and add them in ours,
frank> instead of simply taking them from the tarball where they are shipped?
Good point indeed.
frank> > Or to have at least
frank> > an empty /usr/share/texmf/fonts/sfd/ created by teTeX?
frank>
frank> Well, we can of course create it, but what would it help? Why doesn't
frank> freetype1-tools install its files into this directory? AFAIS it would
frank> just require to move the files from /usr/share/texmf/{ttf2tfm,ttf2pk} to
frank> /usr/share/texmf/fonts/sfd, right?
Right. $TEXMF/ttf2{tfm,pk} are in the ls-R, so it's not a big
problem. I will try to do an NMU as soon as I can (next week
perhaps).
Thanks for the quick reply, and best regards.
Danai SAE-HAN
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