[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] ttf-ms-fonts (WAS: Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH] New feature: files verification)

[James Rayner]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Eric Bélanger schrieb:
>>
>> If the packaging problem is simply  the files being  installed in
>> /tmp, that can be easily fixed. Instead of installing the files in
>> /tmp, just install them somewhere else (/usr/share/ttf-ms-fonts/ ?)
>> where they won't be deleted.
>
> The problem is that files are installed at run-time and cannot be tracked by
> pacman. That is a no-go for packages!

We've allowed it in the past when the package has been of
significance. Like nvidia and fglrx before those were rewritten.

Though I have all the fonts in my own ~/.fonts, I'd prefer to keep the
package in the repos. Installation was at 70% in pkgstats.

James