Bug#91257: re-proposing this
On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 01:45:28AM -0500, Sam TH wrote:
> On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 12:46:04AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> > fonts shipped, such as their license information). If one
> > or more of the fonts so packaged are necessary for proper
> > operation of the package with which they are associated the
> > font package may be Recommended; if the fonts merely
> > provide an enhancement, a Suggests relationship may be
> > used. Packages must not Depend on font packages.
>
> Why should packages that require a particular font package for
> operation (and indeed normally require that package to be installed on
> the local system AND the remote system) not depend on their font
> packages?
>
> I ask since AbiWord is exactly one such package.
Because, as indicated elsewhere in the proposal, the fonts may be served by a
font server, and thus need not be installed locally. A Recommends:
font-package is probably appropriate.
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- mdz
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