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@@ -6,6 +6,54 @@ You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20090530: + AFFECTS: users of Japanese and Chinese fonts + AUTHOR: hrs@FreeBSD.org + + Ports for Japanese fonts have been reorganized in the following way: + + japanese/ipa-ttfonts -> japanese/font-mplus-ipa + japanese/ipa-ttfonts -> japanese/font-ipa + japanese/kochi-ttfonts -> japanese/font-kochi + japanese/mplusfonts -> japanese/font-mplus + japanese/sazanami-ttf -> japanese/font-sazanami + japanese/shinonome -> japanese/font-shinonome + japanese/umefont -> japanese/font-ume + japanese/vlgothic -> japanese/font-vlgothic + + While basically these are port name changes for consistency, + installation directories are also changed: + + font files -> ${PREFIX}/share/${PORTNAME}/* + symlinks -> ${PREFIX}/share/fonts/{TTF,OTF,fontname,...}/* + symlinks -> ${PREFIX}/lib/X11/fonts/{TTF,OTF,misc,fontname,...}/* + + A user-visible one is that the directory name "TrueType" is replaced + with "TTF". + + Also, japanese/font-std and chinese/font-std have been added as + standard fonts used in the Ports Collection. Currently they + contain: + + std.ja_JP/Mincho + std.ja_JP/Gothic + std.ja_JP/Ryumin-Light + std.ja_JP/GothicBBB-Medium + std.zh_CN/STHeiti-Regular + std.zh_CN/STSong-Light + std.zh_CN/MSung-Light + std.zh_CN/MHei-Medium + + under ${PREFIX}/share/fonts/. They are just symlinks to + corresponding font files. The symlink names are based on popular + PostScript font names. + + Applications should refer the font files via XLFD or fontconfig + first. If they need a direct reference to the font file, please use + files in std.*/*. This is because direct reference to a specific + font name in an application configuration file makes the maintenance + difficult when the font file name is changed, for example. + 20090516: AFFECTS: users of devel/viewvc AUTHOR: pgollucci@FreeBSD.org |