Bug 477046 - [filesystem] Please drop fonts-related directories from filesystem
Summary: [filesystem] Please drop fonts-related directories from filesystem
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: filesystem
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Phil Knirsch
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: F11-new-font-rules F11Target
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Reported: 2008-12-18 20:46 UTC by Nicolas Mailhot
Modified: 2015-03-05 01:20 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-02-19 13:06:41 UTC
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Description Nicolas Mailhot 2008-12-18 20:46:14 UTC
As proposed and approved by FPC and FESCO font packaging stuff, including directories, have been consolidated in an autonomous package.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Fonts_packaging_automation_(2008-11-18)

Therefore, please drop the following directories from filesystem to avoid dual-ownership:

/etc/fonts/conf.d
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail
/usr/share/fonts

Comment 1 Nicolas Mailhot 2009-02-18 19:31:41 UTC
This is a reminder for all the packagers that still have bugs open about adapting to font packaging guidelines there is only one month left before Fedora 11 beta:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/Schedule

A week of this month will see the Fedora 11 mass rebuild, that will load the build farm:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild

As already converted packages showed it is quite possible to make mistakes during the conversion. Please make releng and QA happy and don't wait till the last minute to do your changes (avoid pre-beta panic). If possible start before the mass rebuild so we don't burn cycles on incorrect packages.

The PackageKit enhancements stated for Fedora 11 assume fonts and font-using packages are sane (basically respect packaging guidelines). It is quite possible that not-converted packages will interact with the F11 font autoinstall feature in "interesting" ways.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/AutomaticFontInstallation

We don't want that

There is extensive documentation on the wiki and most of your questions have likely already been answered there. Please do read the FAQ before making more work for the support team by asking questions answered there.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Shipping_fonts_in_Fedora_%28FAQ%29


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