Bug#180188: O: Defoma -- Debian Font Manager -- automatic font configuration framework.
Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2003-02-07
Severity: normal
Defoma's maintainer does not respond to e-mail and the
package has not been updated since last May. The maintainer
take@debian.org has outstanding grave, serious and important
bug fixes pending in his list, has not filed a bug fix for
1 year and 20 days, and does not respond to e-mail questions.
The four most serious bug reports are 98 - 201 days old.
When installing true type fonts, Defoma's id-cache files
grow to extreme sizes, leading to consumption of 100% CPU
for hours while memory consumption grows to 140+ Megabytes.
(Using the Defoma-aware cvs versions of ttf-larabie-straight,
for example.) I don't know how to fix this problem. Fonts
are a key factor in the widespread use of Debian by everyday
users. Defoma is supposed to make font installation easier,
not more difficult, as it does. Defoma needs serious work.
--mark--
The package description is:
Defoma, which stands for DEbian FOnt MAnager, provides a framework of
automatic font configuration. An application whose configuration of fonts
requires users' hand can make the configuration process automated through
Defoma, by installing a Defoma-configuration script to Defoma. The script
gets called whenever a font is installed and removed, so that the script
updates the configuration.
Font packages should register their fonts to Defoma in order to have them
configured automatically for applications.
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