Re: [PATCH 2/3] profiles: Add fonts-dir-file hook.

[Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>]

Ludovic Courtès (2016-07-05 17:31 +0300) wrote:

> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès (2016-07-02 17:34 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>>>
>>>> * guix/profiles.scm (fonts-dir-file): New procedure.
>>>> (%default-profile-hooks): Add it.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> A potential problem with this hook is that it pulls mkfontscale and
>>> mkfontdir regardless of whether they are needed; I can’t really think of
>>> a way to avoid it though.
>>
>> Yes, I also don't like it.  We have the same problem with
>> 'info-file-dir' hook: it always pulls texinfo and gzip, but not all
>> profiles include info manuals.
>
> Yes, but I thought it was OK to make these mandatory dependencies.
>
> The closure of mkfontscale + mkfontdir is small; it’s slightly annoying
> for someone building from source because you have to build a few X11
> libraries, but it’s not that much either (‘guix graph’ shows just a few
> boxes.)
>
> So this hook is probably fine, after all.
>
> What do people think?

Since there were no objections in 2 weeks, I think it's OK to commit
this 'fonts-dir-file' hook, right?

-- 
Alex