Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/fonts/fonttools

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 12:15:39AM +0200, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
>                       Hi,
> 
> On 03/10/2017 00:10, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 10:08:06PM +0000, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
> > > Module Name:      pkgsrc
> > > Committed By:     khorben
> > > Date:             Mon Oct  2 22:08:05 UTC 2017
> > > 
> > > Added Files:
> > >   pkgsrc/fonts/fonttools: DESCR Makefile PLIST distinfo
> > >   pkgsrc/fonts/fonttools/patches: patch-setup.py
> > > 
> > > Log Message:
> > > Import fonttools version 3.15.1
> > > 
> > > fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. The project
> > > includes the TTX tool, that can convert TrueType and OpenType fonts to and from
> > > an XML text format, which is also called TTX. It supports TrueType, OpenType,
> > > AFM and to an extent Type 1 and some Mac-specific formats. The project has a
> > > BSD-style open-source licence.
> > 
> > If it is a library and not just a collection of programs, it should be
> > named py-fonttols. Even more, the PKGNAME should be using the prefix as
> > other python packages do.
> 
> Mmh it does provide ttx(1), a useful program. Should I rename it anyway?

The general convention is to avoid py-* only, if the library part is an
implementation detail. Example is graphics/blender. Otherwise, it should
be using the normal naming convention.

Joerg