From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: font-build-system Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 20:15:00 +0000 Message-ID: <20170511201500.xopertmlrwg4pvue@abyayala> References: <20170205125841.hsywh3xuyoabt4vq@wasp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54118) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8uUV-00021s-Hn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 16:15:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8uUQ-0006ar-Fy for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 16:15:15 -0400 Received: from 93-95-228-241.1984.is ([93.95.228.241]:47050 helo=sharknado9001.pragmatique.xyz) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8uUQ-0006Uv-2i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 16:15:10 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Arun Isaac Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Arun Isaac transcribed 0.6K bytes: > > ng0 writes: > > > we have 20 - 25 fonts (I didn't really count), and only 2 are using a > > > > system* make args > > > > in their build phase, every other font just extracts, creates folders > > and copies the fonts to the folders. > > This is much repetition which could be avoided by just calling a build > > system, rather than applying changes to fonts over and over again. > > > > It looks like this can be achieved by something as small as the emacs > > build-system. Would anyone give it a try? > > Is anybody working on this? I'd like to give this a shot, if nobody else > is working on it already. > I don't think anyone is working on a font-build-system. But this won't solve the fc-cache problem as the reply by Mark suggests. A build system would be good though. -- https://pragmatique.xyz PGP: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/