On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 02:14:05PM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: > > Hi. I have a question in relation to #216440 (kiten requires Japanese > fonts): > > Is there a simple or recommended way of making a package depend on > Japanese fonts? > > The only solutions I can see are to either: > > 1) pick a couple of decent fonts and include them in the depends list; > 2) pick a couple of decent fonts and include them in the recommends or > suggests list; > 3) make a list of all Japanese fonts (separated by | ). > > Option (1) seems bad because it forces a choice of font that the user > might not want (bear in mind that Japanese font packages can be quite > large). Option (3) seems bad because it's ugly and difficult to keep > up-to-date. And of course option (2) seems bad because the hard > dependency is lost.
I agree with Andrew. Just pick few best fonts you like and list them under recommends with | One of kochi fonts are good choice, I think. Osamu
