Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add 'ttf-liberation'.

[Alex Kost]

Andreas Enge (2014-10-30 01:16 +0300) wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 09:10:30AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>> > Not related to this patch: what about renaming ‘freefont-ttf’ package
>> > into ‘ttf-freefont’ to make all TrueType fonts have a name "ttf-…"?
>> I think so.  What do others think?  Andreas?
>
> So far, we have no special rules for font naming. So...
>
>> > Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add 'ttf-liberation'.
>> > * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (ttf-liberation): New variable.
>
> ...the package should be called liberation-fonts-ttf.

Why should?  What about “ttf-dejavu”?  Should it be called
“dejavu-fonts-ttf” then?

> We could install a rule similar to that for python modules, that we always
> add ttf in front of true type fonts, or move it in front if it is already
> in the name. But I am not convinced this is a good choice: Being truetype
> is not inherent to a font, it is just a format, and a package may contain
> the same font (or several ones) in different formats. What would we do then?

Then it shouldn't be prefixed with "ttf".  I suggest to use "ttf-…" name
only for packages that provide truetype fonts only.  As for the other
font packages, I think they should have "font"/"fonts" in their names,
no matter would it be in the beginning (font-misc-ethiopic) or in the
end (terminus-font).

> It would be more reasonable to add "font-" in front. But I am also not too
> fond of this.
>
> Andreas