Bug#460036: RFA: defoma -- Debian Font Manager -- automatic font configuration framework
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I request an adopter for the defoma package.
I still think defoma fills a need and we should keep it. It needs a
rewrite into something more resembling maintainable/modern perl, the
gtk1 gui updated/removed and the font hints to be better specified
(look to fontconfig for some ideas here). I'm happy to be part of
this but I don't have the time to lead such a large project.
The package description is:
Defoma, which stands for DEbian FOnt MAnager, provides a framework
for automatic font configuration. An application whose configuration
of fonts usually requires manual intervention can automate the
process through Defoma, by installing a Defoma-configuration
script. The script gets called whenever a font is installed and
removed, so that the script may update the application configuration.
.
Font packages should register their fonts to Defoma in order to have them
configured automatically for applications.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (89, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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