Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:21:58 +0200 From: Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@FreeBSD.org> To: Thierry Thomas <thierry@freebsd.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r482482 - head/x11-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf Message-ID: <1540041718.917168.1548689632.46E304E9@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20181020130408.GH28932@graf.pompo.net> References: <201810201026.w9KAQhHN077740@repo.freebsd.org> <1540032055.882466.1548613400.169F7593@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20181020130408.GH28932@graf.pompo.net>
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On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, at 15:04, Thierry Thomas wrote: > Le sam. 20 oct. 18 =C3=A0 12:40:55 +0200, Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@FreeBSD.= org> > =C3=A9crivait : >=20 > > On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, at 12:26, Thierry Thomas wrote: > > > Author: thierry > > > Date: Sat Oct 20 10:26:43 2018 > > > New Revision: 482482 > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/482482 > > >=20 > > > Log: > > > - Upstream switched to GitHub > > >=20=20=20 > > > - Upgrade to 2.00.3 and build it. > >=20 > > [1] shows that there is a release tarball with prebuilt font files [2]. > > What's the benefit of building the fonts ourselves? > >=20 > > [1] https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts/releases > > [2] https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts/files/2012634/l= iberation-fonts-ttf-2.00.3.tar.gz >=20 > Yes, there is, but a GH_DISTNAME macro is missing from our GH_ stuff, > and I do not want to handle a specific MASTER_SITES for that. So everyone is forced to live with additional build dependencies for a tiny bit of extra maintainer convenience? :-( Building fontforge is not something you'd have to do to build a package set for a FreeBSD desktop normally. > Furthermore it is now possible to get other formats (woff, etc.) if > someone needs them. Has someone actually requested it? Anyway this could be a non-default option in the port. > The disadvantage is only some BUILD_DEPENDS for ports builders, but > these are light ports. These things add up fast.
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