Re: [RFC]refactor Noto CJK fonts packaging

On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:01:41 +0200,
Frederic Crozat wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > 5 Noto Serif CJK
> > > 
> > > It'll be easy and don't need that detailed split because it's not
> > > an
> > > UI font....it'll be just named:
> > > 
> > > google-noto-serif-cjk{sc|tc|ja|kr}-fonts which contains all seven
> > > weights.
> > > 
> > > Of course, font configurations are still needed for Japanese
> > > because
> > > the Demi-light issue.
> > 
> > I find these proposals are sensible and feasible.
> > As long as the upgrades would work smoothly (and I guess so), I'm for
> > this movement.
> 
> Honestly, I'm not, for the reasons stated above. I'm sorry to be a bit
> harsh.

Just a single point here to avoid the misunderstanding:
we're discussing the splitting here not only per language but also per
weight.  The latter split will give a lot more reduction.

For normal usages like web browsing, we mostly need a single weight
(or maybe another one for bold) while the current font contains all
multiple weights.  We can split them to each package and install only
the essential ones as default.  The *-cjk-* meta package also points
only to these essential weights.


Takashi
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