From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 <ng0@infotropique.org> Subject: Re: LibreOffice Fonts Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 08:12:04 +0000 Message-ID: <20170928081204.t3rigpdbaeptgpvp@abyayala> References: <8760c3g7w9.fsf@ksu.edu> <20170927224144.nntx5ypkc7xtcmw4@abyayala> <87ing320p6.fsf@ksu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ezdrporszbwgzlop" Return-path: <guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43432) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <ng0@infotropique.org>) id 1dxTw3-0004M4-UU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:12:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <ng0@infotropique.org>) id 1dxTvz-0004We-Tk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:12:43 -0400 Received: from aibo.runbox.com ([91.220.196.211]:37648) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <ng0@infotropique.org>) id 1dxTvz-0004W7-LQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:12:39 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ing320p6.fsf@ksu.edu> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/guix-devel>, <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/> List-Post: <mailto:guix-devel@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel>, <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" <guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> To: Tom Balzer <tbalzer@ksu.edu> Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --ezdrporszbwgzlop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tom Balzer transcribed 1.2K bytes: >=20 > ng0 writes: >=20 > > I have a problem with making decision on default fonts. What if someone > > doesn't want gnu-freetype-ttf? It is not just only this font, you can u= se > > any font and sometimes this will depend on fc-cache -fv which is mentio= ned > > in the documentation. >=20 > By 'in the documentation', do you mean the documentation for how fonts > work in guix, or libreoffice's documentation? If the latter, then yes I > see that you could start libreoffice with a gtk theme definition > to control the fonts, allowing for other font choices. But in the case > where one just launched libre office, wouldn't you expect that it > 'works' running out of just the package files? If you include no font > that wouldn't work, which seems like sacrificing basic functionality in > order to avoid including a font that someone might not desire. >=20 > Couldn't that argument be made for any features above bare minimum for > any application? No, that's something entirely different from propagating fonts. > For instance, someone might not want a support library > for emacs that enables viewing jpegs, but the default package supports > this. I think that removing a feature from a package definition if you > don't want a feature makes more sense than crippling a package with > non-sane defaults. >=20 > Tom >=20 I think you want to read past discussions on this still open problem: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D26877 https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D18640 --=20 ng0 GnuPG: A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 GnuPG: https://krosos.org/dist/keys/ https://www.infotropique.org https://krosos.org --ezdrporszbwgzlop Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEqIyK3RKYKNfqwC5S4i+bv+40hYgFAlnMrtQACgkQ4i+bv+40 hYip5A/+IGAxxTXdiBcQ77O2YJJ9BudL7ichWDoTtsvvDWPQpDt0XiKCpE9DgAyW eG1t/15fu8WWilXsEW32JthE1aATXQExKFvrgXQ/Yul+ZaqQ3pKkXaOds/JT215V QjQdyGpBT2PEus8kNPXOVPaHPIKZL43Xg5Tg80hEOergOMBMNbyrphWD26nx/XQO djzC8cRXp5zA28ZPzcL+mU2g3hpGcHrlEhD3F9eRc/+R4Zx/9M9I3LxnLqWasmBZ +7EGnjGrM3smwCXr0cWE+fv834IFY7LOQhVDn3cEGkE7G7Kjrig5kuaFNgvSz0C6 0/H+mGzvxjgJdB5WI4WVg895LExoZI116kQ1VxicDrDtISGEqNM3bp9/5CAWW7dG BDTUTohX/L04TRNQ0GF79LvMJCqisGP9B99Fq5C9n2eq2YT4Uyr4xEOueCuXjKi4 hLfSO1buWiYW5mPIMMXWOyw2sIjFRCMjgB747AtS0lhdrnoIQ9hzIGL39t9IRvB/ H6dPr6yxPc8FEk0ppLjZgQWxu/EgDvJkGuPgP9jEQxDNGZYpbVt3mJ6SSHohuzh5 /bizytW5M8f7QHAPO5/bilO+LcvmRhfsvmPTjcjXHD96Mrmabwdup2bGpaRuFXUz V//L8lTLyvki1U4W/8Ize9xnbqbqnnchxb9cjrPoE0iiPOFaIGU= =HrsF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ezdrporszbwgzlop--