Re: Changing the default font in Fedora Core 6

[Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org>]

Dimitris Glezos wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> Having read the thread that was active 2+ weeks ago "Changing the 
> default font in Fedora Core 6" [1], I think that it's obvious that the 
> Best Thing™ would be to include DejaVu in Core as soon as possible.
>
> Translators work hard for translating fedora core, extras, the docs 
> and the release notes, but the installer is absolutely unusable in 
> some languages because the best font out there isn't included in the 
> Core. Ambassadors work hard in event organizing and spreading the word 
> about Fedora to new users, but one has to manually edit the fonts.conf 
> file to get a usable desktop in > 1 languages. I am sad to say this, 
> but I heard people using the words "unacceptable" and "proof that the 
> community doesn't matter" for the fonts issues in Fedora. (For some 
> screenshots, take a look at [2].)

The request was filed by me and I wouldnt consider a rejection a 
community or personal thing. Repeated arguments that everybody should 
give me what I want, otherwise community doesnt matter is pretty 
obnoxious. Lets keep the discussion technical.

> Many people from this list agreed that we should include DejaVu. I 
> believe that we should try our best to include it in the Core, 
> definitely before Test 3 so that some testing gets done too. I don't 
> know if someone is willing to transfer it to Core before Test 2 and I 
> am not sure if the fontconfig patch to exclude characters from a font 
> will be ready soon, or if it is even needed, since DejaVu LGU exists.
>
> What I do know is that we should fix this problem that spoils the 
> image of our distribution as soon as possible. Not only because it's 
> simply the best free font out there, but because the community really 
> needs it straight away. Other major distros like Suse and Ubuntu have 
> already realized this, and while this decision is considered a 
> no-brainer, we are still talking about it.
>
> Thanks to Nicolas Mailhot, a package already exists in extras-devel, 
> so most of the work is already done. Now, the only thing that remains 
> (as I see it) is a Core maintainer to step forward.
>
>
> -Dimitris Glezos
>
> Fedora ambassador for Greece
>
>
> [1]: 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-June/thread.html#00292 
>
> [2]: 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Teams/Greek/Issues#head-6355afab18e12a4bc80288e6476fbfecb8530a24 
Rahul


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Rahul