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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 06:20:46PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>> There=E2=80=99s no documented convention (yet), so it=E2=80=99s not a mi=
stake strictly
>> speaking.  :-)
>
> We have a convention for package names, including fonts;

You mean the convention of choosing the upstream name, right?

> But we could choose another one close to the naming of python and perl mo=
dules
> if enough people wish to have special rules for fonts.

Yes, it would make sense to take this route for fonts and have something
akin to what Alex just suggested, because the upstream name is only
occasionally going match one=E2=80=99s expectations.

How does that sound?

Ludo=E2=80=99.