Re: [PATCH] Do not remove UUID file when a scanned directory is empty 1 x
Chris Lamb <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:12:24 -0500
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Dear Alexander, > > Could you also speak to the reproducibility case here? I'm afaid I > > let this thread get slightly ahead of me and — as I previously > > mentioned — I'm a little uncertain of the nitty-gritty font and > > caching minutiæ. > > > > However, I'm very keen to resolve the reproducibility issues so > > please do let me know how I can help. > > It depends a bit on what your goal is with reproducibility. My latest > idea is to make uuid file generation optional and manual. This will > make us go back to the previous behaviour of not creating any files > with non-reproducible content in a standard install. Speaking selfishly, as this would cover all the concrete use-cases that I have this would be absolutely perfect for me. :) Best wishes, -- Chris Lamb chris-lamb.co.uk / @lolamby _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig