Bug#600339: please remove getnonfreefonts
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 04:06:58PM +1100, Karl Goetz wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:10:01 +0100
> Thomas Weber <tweber@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 03:10:57PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> > > Karl Goetz <karl@kgoetz.id.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Package: texlive-base-bin
> > > > Version: all
> > > > User: karl@kgoetz.id.au
> > > > Usertags: libreplanet
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I thought there was a bug on this, but i can't find it.
> > > > The getnonfreefonts is only used for downloading proprietary
> > > > software, so it should probably go in contrib rather then main.
> > >
> > > If it were in a separate package, or at least a major part of the
> > > package it is in, I'd agree with you. But IMO it doesn't make
> > > sense to split off a contrib package from texlive-base-bin for one
> > > small script. And AFAIR, this is also consense in the project -
> > > please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> I'm not aware of other package in main with similar downloading
> scripts, perhaps I've missed something myself though.
If you take "scripts" in a somewhat broader context, the add-on
mechanism of most browser qualifies.
> > I'm closing this bug. The script itself is free software and creating
> > a new package (or removing the script) is pretty much pointless.
>
> While I won't try and change the but status, could I ask why you think
> removing the script is pointless?
There are two possibilites:
1) Move the script into its own package in contrib.
2) Remove it entirely.
Looking at the age of the bug, it's pretty clear nobody is going to do
either. And it is just a small part of a package, so the benefits simple
outweigh the extra work.
The "right" way to go from here is trying to get the fonts free.
Everything else is just beating around the bush.
Thomas
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