Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 03:26:54 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf Makefile distinfo Message-ID: <20110606032654.GA95644@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201105311924.p4VJOjR6045393@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <201105311924.p4VJOjR6045393@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 07:24:45PM +0000, Thierry Thomas wrote: > thierry 2011-05-31 19:24:45 UTC > > Modified files: > x11-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf Makefile distinfo > Log: > Upgrade to 1.07.0. > > Note: with this release, it would be possible to get the source tarball > and build the fonts, with fontforge as a BUILD_DEPENDENCY; is there an > interest for this? What benefits will it have? Building *code* from source makes sence for obvious reasons (if it supposed to run natively), but pulling extra build dependency and thus increasing build time and requirements to get exactly the same set of .ttf files at the end seems not what most users would appreciate, I think. ./danfe
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