frantisek holop wrote: > hi there, > > i follow ports quite a bit but i can't recall big debates > when a category was to be scratched or created... > > i know this category system is never going to be perfect, > not everything fits into a box, or some things fit into > several boxen. > > i was trying out the dejavu-fonts port sent here to the list > and i was--not for the first time--surprised and annoyed > that there is no /usr/ports/fonts > > i can see a kind of logic for putting fonts into x11 but > strangely it is one of the last places where i would look > for a font. a constant source of frustration whenever i reinstall > my system and start looking for e.g. msttcorefonts. > > some might argue that fonts need a visual system and that's why > they are in x11. but there are miriads of tools now that break > this premise starting with gd, rrdtools, and so on. fonts > have nothing more to do with x11 than say all the audio software > written for x11 yet they are still in audio. > > can someone send please legitimate, rational reasons why > creating fonts is a bad idea? thank you.
I like the idea. I *always* do find/grep dance over /usr/ports to find fonts because they are placed unnaturally (imo). Alexey
