Bug#952954: ITP: fonts-jetbrains-mono -- free and open-source typeface for developers
On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 01:06:04PM +0100, Romain Porte wrote:
> https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/rfs-howto/fonts-jetbrains-mono
>
> I have marked that the package required a mentor, as well as created a
> RFS for this mentor upload (without any answer so far).
Hi!
I'm afraid that pabs has raised the issue of unbuildable source, mentioned
in the ITP: https://bugs.debian.org/950152
The font is given as FontLab source files, and there's no way to compile
them into .ttf without using proprietary tools. Unless some converter from
.vfc/.vfj can be found and included in main, the only way this package can
enter the archive is into the contrib section.
Also, it's pointless to ship .eot files -- they are supported only by
Internet Explorer (not even Edge), which can also accept ordinary .ttf files
which are portable and smaller.
Meow!
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