Re: Status of the package cm-super?
On Aug 02 2005, Frank Küster wrote:
> Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> wrote:
> > BTW, I have some questions:
> >
> > 1 - I see that the package is compiled for each architecture. Is this
> > really necessary? I thought that fonts would be cross platform.
>
> There are some binaries included.
Oh, thanks for letting me know that.
> Still, it would safe considerable amounts of archive and mirror size
> if the binaries would be split off to a separate package, making the
> major part Architecture: all.
Indeed. Saving compilation time, saving bandwidth, avoiding the
possibility of FTBFS bugs etc. That was my first reaction to the
package.
> > 2 - pts-tetex-cm-super is *quite* smaller than the package that Claire
> > once made (which had 60MB). Does it leave anything out that the
> > other package had?
>
> Yes, that's in the README file or somewhere else in the sources - it is
> restored in postinst, however.
Ok, I will read that.
> I have one more question, however:
>
> What does the name mean? Why "pts", and why "tetex"?
I wondered about that too and was ashamed to ask because you all might
have thought it was too naïve. :-) Glad to know that I am not alone.
Indeed, I would prefer if it were called just cm-super, unless there
are strong reasons not to name it that way.
Regards, Rogério.
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