Bug#743897: gargoyle-free: please remove unneeded fonts-* dependencies

[beuc at debian.org]

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 12:51:13PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-04-08 at 23:57 +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > Anyway, selecting *specific* *free* fonts for Gargoyle was discussed
> > at length with upstream at the time I contributed the fontconfig
> > support, and they're pretty concerned about what fonts are used,
> > especially since it can break a game rendering/layout.
> 
> The folks I was discussing this issue with apparently used it with the
> DejaVu fonts for years without issues so perhaps upstream's concerns are
> slightly overinflated?
> 
> Looking at the available screenshots I can't see how fonts like DejaVu
> could break layout/rendering.
> 
> https://screenshots.debian.net/package/gargoyle-free
> http://ccxvii.net/gargoyle/screenshots.html

Different final font size in complex game layouts (not the basic .z5,
multimedia ones like MoonWatch).

People who disagree with upstream can discuss with them.  As a Debian
package (and DFSG-derivate) maintainer I strive to maintain
consistency.

> > So let's keep the specific font dependencies.
> 
> How about dropping them to recommends, so that most people will get the
> default chosen fonts and people who prefer other fonts can use those?

So that's the issue.  Well, these people can edit their
/etc/garglk.ini.

-- 
Sylvain