Package: x-ttcidfont-conf
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Debian maintainer,
On Sunday, October 14, 2007, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for x-ttcidfont-conf.
The debian-l10n-english contributors have now reviewed these templates,
and the proposed changes are attached to this bug report.
Please review the suggested changes are suggested, and if you have any
objections, let me know in the next 3 days.
Please try to avoid uploading x-ttcidfont-conf with these changes right now.
The second phase of this process will begin on Sunday, November 04, 2007, when
I will
coordinate updates to translations of debconf templates.
The existing translators will be notified of the changes: they will
receive an updated PO file for their language.
Simultaneously, a general call for new translations will be sent to
the debian-i18n mailing list.
Both these calls for translations will request updates to be sent as
individual bug reports. That will probably trigger a lot of bug
reports against your package, but these should be easier to deal with.
The call for translation updates and new translations will run until
about Sunday, November 25, 2007. Please avoid uploading a package with fixed or
changed
debconf templates and/or translation updates in the meantime. Of
course, other changes are safe.
Please note that this is an approximative delay, which depends on my
own availability to process this work and is influenced by the fact
that I simultaneously work on many packages.
Around <DAY25>, I will contact you again and will send a final patch
summarizing all the updates (changes to debconf templates,
updates to debconf translations and new debconf translations).
Again, thanks for your attention and cooperation.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- x-ttcidfont-conf.old/debian/templates 2007-10-06 19:14:48.506351309
+0200
+++ x-ttcidfont-conf/debian/templates 2007-11-01 08:06:44.527340083 +0100
@@ -1,38 +1,32 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# [EMAIL PROTECTED] for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
Template: x-ttcidfont-conf/tt_backend
Type: select
Choices: freetype, xtt
Default: freetype
_Description: Backend to use for TrueType handling on X:
- XFree86 4.x has two backends to handle TrueType fonts, FreeType and X-TT.
- FreeType (a simple backend) is standard, while X-TT is alternative and
- has a mechanism of decorating TrueType fonts that can create bold and
- oblique faces from a single font.
- .
- If unsure, choose FreeType.
-
-Template: x-ttcidfont-conf/font_path_change2
-Type: note
-_Description: FontPath of TrueType and CID managed by defoma is changed
- TrueType and CID font paths which defoma manages have changed
- again. Please add these entries to the "Files" section of
- /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
+ Two backends can handle TrueType fonts: FreeType and X-TT.
.
- FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
- FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
+ The standard FreeType has simple features, while X-TT
+ offers a TrueType fonts decoration mechanism that can create bold and
+ oblique faces from a single font.
.
- Also add these two directories to the "catalogue" path lists in
- /etc/X11/fs/config and/or /etc/X11/fs-xtt/config, and delete any
- mention of /usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID in any of these files.
+ If in doubt, you should choose FreeType.
Template: x-ttcidfont-conf/xtt_vl
Type: boolean
_Description: Prefer speed over quality while rendering?
- There are two ways for XTT to calculate the font metrics:
+ There are two ways for X-TT to calculate the font metrics:
.
- 1) use header info; fast, lazy, possible miscalculation(?).
- 2) calculate every glyph; slow, need highspeed CPU and much memory.
+ - user header info: fast and lightweight but fallible;
+ - calculate every glyph: slow and heavyweight but reliable.
.
- If you have a relatively fast CPU and plenty of available memory, you
- should go for (2) and decline this option. If your computer's resources
- are limited, you should go for the first solution and select this option.
-
+ With a fast CPU and enough memory, you should decline this option and
+ X-TT will calculate every glyph.
--- x-ttcidfont-conf.old/debian/control 2007-10-06 19:14:48.506351309 +0200
+++ x-ttcidfont-conf/debian/control 2007-10-29 07:33:36.092106804 +0100
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
Architecture: all
Depends: defoma (>= 0.5.0), ${misc:Depends}, xutils, xfonts-encodings (>=
1:1.0.0-5.1) | xfonts-base (<< 1:1)
Conflicts: psfontmgr (<= 0.4.0)
-Description: Configure TrueType and CID fonts for X
+Description: TrueType and CID fonts configuration for X
This package configures TrueType fonts and CID fonts (as well as CMaps)
- for X. It generates .scale file and .alias file from TrueType and CID
+ for X. It generates .scale and .alias files from TrueType and CID
fonts registered to Defoma, and calls mkfontdir (and mkcfm).
- Both xtt and freetype backends which are used to handle TrueType fonts
- in X are supported.
-
+ .
+ The package supports both X-TT and FreeType X backends.
