[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#542334: Bug#542334: gnustep-back-common: please remove dependency on defoma

[Yavor Doganov]

В 21:20 +0800 на 19.08.2009 (ср), Paul Wise написа:
> Well, the idea would be to get upstream to make the change.

OK, I'll certainly bring this issue upstream (again), especially now
that the current GNUstep Back upstream maintainer thinks moving the art
backend (optionally, with compile-time option) to fontconfig is a worthy
goal.

In case you're interested why it currently doesn't use fontconfig, this
message seems like a fairly complete answer:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnustep/2007-08/msg00196.html

> Perhaps you could run defoma-app when it is available or simulate
> it when it is not available?

Yes, that looks like a good plan.

> Also, when defoma itself is removed, it will call purge with your script.

I forgot about this.  But if gnustep-back-common is unpacked first, the
script won't be available as we'll remove it together with the defoma
dependency.

Anyway, thank you very much for the answers.