Re: x11/kitty redundant dependency on x11-fonts/nerd-fonts

Robert Clausecker <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I have forwarded your account request to bugmeister.
I understand your concerns about package size.  Perhaps nerdfonts
could be split up into individual ports.  This request too is best
achieved with a bug report.  I am not responsible for either port
unfortunately.

Yours,
Robert Clausecker

Am Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 06:52:36AM -0500 schrieb [email protected]:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025, at 4:08 AM, Robert Clausecker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please file a bug report against x11/kitty for this issue.
> > The correct solution is to unbundle nerd fonts and make the
> > file installed with kitty a symbolic link to the actual
> > nerdfont location.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Robert Clausecker
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My bugzilla account request has been left unanswered for days.
> 
> I find it counterproductive to replace a 2MB bundled font with a 6GB package. The nerd-fonts port packages much more than just the symbol fonts, as it carries plenty of patched fonts that I don't use. Perhaps if there were separate nerd-fonts and nerd-fonts-patched packages, the former could be a proper dependency.
> 

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