Re: Request: Repackage RPM To Include Fonts


Subject: Re: Request: Repackage RPM To Include Fonts
From: Rui Miguel Seabra (rms@multicert.com)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 12:00:57 CST


On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 12:07, Jared Davis wrote:
> We are getting a lot of users confused about needing the fonts package in
> IRC, users list, and emails to webmaster.
> I'm adding links to the website for the fonts and cliparts package presently.

There seems to be some lack of documentation on this, which is what
generates the confusion.

> I think it would be best to include required packages in the distribution.

Why? It's a greater download time, sp;ecially if you have the fonts
already. Fonts usually do not change, and it's a 2Mb rpm for the fonts
alone.

Clipart likewise, and many help documents.
Plugins just as well.

Can you give a greater, and major, reason to make non necessary huge
files other than confusion derived from lack of documentation, which can
be quite easily fixed?

Hugs, rms

-- 
+ No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Ghandi
+ So let's do it...?




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