Re: omitting collection-fontsextra installation by default? (RFC)

> Ian wrote:
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> What do you actually propose? That there is a hook in TeX programs to
> download missing fonts automatically? I'd oppose that vigorously.

I wasn't proposing anything specifically. Karl asked for comments. I was =
presenting the way this issue (having a basic set of fonts installed by =
default, with other fonts optional installs) is dealt with on another =
platform, to feed the discussion, in case people would think some (or =
none) of the aspects would be interesting for TeX Live.

I see three aspects in the way macOS deals with this:

- Individual installation of fonts, pre-referenced by the platform.

- Automatic installation.

- Manual installation.

Maybe none of these aspects is interesting for TL, and this is best =
forgotten.

My concern was that, the way things were presented by Karl, if I =
understood correctly, a user missing one single font not part of the =
default set would have to install the whole collection-fontsextra, about =
2.5 GB.

I was thinking of more granularity, initially by script/language, but =
Karl pointed out the problem is not with scripts (like Asian vs Roman), =
but with the size of OpenType font families.

So maybe individual font downloads would be better, provided =
dependencies are taken care of. For example, I think New TX requires TeX =
Gyre (already there by default).

But maybe the functionality is already there: installing an individual =
font amounts to installing its associated package in tlmgr, with all =
dependencies taken care of, right?

Bruno=