[Pkg-fonts-devel] ttf-lang-* virtual packages

Arne Götje ( 高盛華 ) arne at linux.org.tw
Sun Mar 19 08:37:36 UTC 2006


On Sunday 19 March 2006 16:06, Christian Perrier wrote:
> So, a short summary of this discussion could be:
>
> We request for the creation of virtual packages named
> ttf-lang-<langname> so that all font packages that are targeted for
> the supprot of a given language can add a "Provides" on the relevant
> virtual package(s).
>
> The only drawback here is that virtual packages creation is a process
> that is quite precisely defined in
> http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-lis
>t.txt and we would need to request for the creation of *a lot* of
> virtual packages...:-)
>

Dumb question: would this be achievable? :)

>
> If these virtual packages are accepted, then our font packages naming
> policy would say:
>
> Font packages are to be named after the name of the font or font
> family included in the package and should add a "Provides" field
> listing the ttf-lang-* packages they provide support for.

Well, for scripts which cover multiple languages, this should maybe just 
be the script name... (e.g. latin, cyrillic).

Should someone be in charge to maintain a list of these virtual packages 
and arrange the creation process of new ones, or can anyone just create 
one?

Cheers
Arne
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