Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 07:12:02 -0400 From: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontCyrillic Makefile distinfo pkg-plist Message-ID: <200209170712.02046@aldan> In-Reply-To: <20020917005318.GA66841@nagual.pp.ru> References: <200209151220.g8FCK2xv032374@freefall.freebsd.org> <1032222909.893.137.camel@anholt.dyndns.org> <20020917005318.GA66841@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Monday 16 September 2002 08:53 pm, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
= >
= > You've removed functionality that Maxim added and updated the ports to
= > use a different version of the fonts. I agree with the idea of updating
= > the fonts for more standards compatibility, as long as we don't lose the
= > koi8-u which had been added. When do you plan to add koi8-u support
= > back in?
=
= Maxim add koi8-u support by damaging koi8-r fonts (XFree86 version of
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That, sir, is a lie. There was no additional damage introduced. The fonts
did not conform to koi8-r before Maxim's commit, and they remained
non-conforming after it.
= them) in some small quantity. koi8-u support should be added properly
= instead, leaving koi8-r fonts (any version) untouched. I have nothing
= against koi8-u compatibility added in correct way, but I am not a
= specialist in koi8-u area. I think it is better to solve this by asking
= Maxim to add koi8-u compatibility in non-destructive way I describe. I.e.
= koi8-u is Maxim's area. If you want me to do something there, I can too,
= but it takes some time.
I have nothing against koi8-r compatibility added in correct way, your way
does NOT improve on that compatibility, while damaging compatibility with a
related standard. You know this, of course, but so should others.
-mi
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