Bug#600339: please remove getnonfreefonts
On Di, 20 MÀr 2012, Karl Goetz wrote:
> > > > > > 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.
Besides the fact that thee will be no such script getnonfreefont anymore
in 2011 and upwar,d there are MANY scripts like that in Debian:
make-googleearth-package
make-java-package
and whatelse there is.
Best wishes
Norbert
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