From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Apr 23 12:05:48 2020 Received: (at 40708) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Apr 2020 16:05:49 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55771 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jReMG-0001id-Mp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:05:48 -0400 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:52711) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jReMF-0001iM-0A for 40708@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:05:47 -0400 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id B29DB5C028E; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:05:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:05:41 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=famulari.name; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=mesmtp; bh=hL95uye2zb3sTisLE6sCtb9L r+zISTA1PZq+Wsb2/gs=; b=xjjOdRPnUe7sy0KPahgoCPcdCfTE2a1NrYuOIEqg LIyglNQ9HCaXV0/3Ta1z2Rax1LTpRij6X5YS2qB+ZNiecOB5+/+mNqtClch7DqLr t0lbpvL1oQ2y7LbniyA5w8hGGK/GEllN1Bmltv/3phPJL+26VfbKFpVgn5BjrBWL W0I= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=hL95uy e2zb3sTisLE6sCtb9Lr+zISTA1PZq+Wsb2/gs=; b=A9HYMj3nnaI6NQTYSCC2et eBEWRokt03n99xaKyOe44g79R8aofcktX6HOjj7L8J5ynAokr3wo+m4ssUNQ+B56 /eBdUJBIimkGE05KTWsz7MEiWmeeWr35YHMZm7du+zq9n8mzbotQa/7wIqIJU9tR sAB+ojGB05l6KZYQ8PCYxVkLNrzAqgklkFyzTOz84UELabwCpmn9bAi3cTsftmln WPAbTSP7NV1/bov3k3AxnPv/MzR67CB9dsmyWl1G1v6dmpufZqQicDmCpz7RbGP2 WyCmdyJrvDZkukRxLGzcYBCXusrFk/9gg1Mju6O6YbyJgG/JuLbwfGKgtxNdhOOg == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedrgeelgdejhecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpeffhffvuffkfhggtggujgesthdtredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepnfgvohcuhfgr mhhulhgrrhhiuceolhgvohesfhgrmhhulhgrrhhirdhnrghmvgeqnecukfhppeejiedrud dvgedrudefkedrieefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghi lhhfrhhomheplhgvohesfhgrmhhulhgrrhhirdhnrghmvg X-ME-Proxy: Received: from localhost (c-76-124-138-63.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [76.124.138.63]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EF0DD3065D3D; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:05:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:05:38 -0400 From: Leo Famulari To: Raghav Gururajan Subject: Re: [bug#40708] gnu: font-gnu-unifont: Unify outputs for fonts. Message-ID: <20200423160538.GA29046@jasmine.lan> References: <20200419012441.62891acb.raghavgururajan@disroot.org> <20200423023022.GA10882@jasmine.lan> <20200422224409.22805bb0.raghavgururajan@disroot.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200422224409.22805bb0.raghavgururajan@disroot.org> X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 40708 Cc: 40708@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 10:44:09PM -0400, Raghav Gururajan wrote: > Not sure about discussion, but it is better to combine fonts and keep just > binaries separate. Because if a user install unifont to use in their > applications, not all of them gonna use ttf. Some apps gonna look for otf > formats. It would be confusing to install three different outputs for get all > formats. Unifont provides TrueType, PCF, and PSF. It does not have OTF fonts. Currently, if a user installs 'font-gnu-unifont' they get TrueType fonts. On the other hand, the PSF fonts can be used in the bootloader and the Linux console, and they are only 68 kilobytes, rather than ~22 megabytes if you combine all the font outputs. I don't see a compelling reason for that increase. If the problem is that packages with multiple outputs are confusing, we should try to improve the UI, and we shouldn't use multiple outputs if there isn't a good reason. But this is a case where I think it makes sense.