[Bug 2431892] New: Provide a meta-package that prioritizes VFs

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431892

Bug ID: 2431892
           Summary: Provide a meta-package that prioritizes VFs
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 43
          Hardware: x86_64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
         Component: google-noto-fonts
          Severity: medium
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail],
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  Target Milestone: ---
    Classification: Fedora

Hi there.

Currently, the "google-noto-fonts-all" meta-package installs many font
duplicates. Fedora seems to prever VF variants (
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/VariableNotoFonts ,
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Noto_CJK_Variable_Fonts ), but the
meta-package installs both Static and VF variants of the same fonts. Example
from command "dnf repoquery --requires google-noto-fonts-all":

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google-noto-serif-hebrew-fonts = 20250901-1.fc43
google-noto-serif-hebrew-fonts = 20251101-2.fc43
google-noto-serif-hebrew-vf-fonts = 20250901-1.fc43
google-noto-serif-hebrew-vf-fonts = 20251101-2.fc43

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I would like to request the creation of a meta-package that prioritizes VF
variants and don't install their equivalent duplicates in Static variant.

For example, the meta-package would install Hebrew VF fonts, but not Hebrew
Static fonts.

This eliminates the duplicates, while still keeping the Static fonts in a
meta-package for the fonts that don't have VF variants.

Additional note: the current "google-noto-fonts-all" should probably install
the other "-all" meta-packages as well, since it includes all of their deps as
well.

Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

[Bug 2431892] Provide a meta-package that prioritizes VFs

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431892

EpicTux123  changed:

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--- Comment #0 has been edited ---

Hi there.

Currently, the "google-noto-fonts-all" meta-package installs many font
duplicates. Fedora seems to prefer VF variants (
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/VariableNotoFonts ,
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Noto_CJK_Variable_Fonts ), but the
meta-package installs both Static and VF variants of the same fonts. Example
from command "dnf repoquery --requires google-noto-fonts-all":

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google-noto-serif-hebrew-fonts = 20250901-1.fc43
google-noto-serif-hebrew-fonts = 20251101-2.fc43
google-noto-serif-hebrew-vf-fonts = 20250901-1.fc43
google-noto-serif-hebrew-vf-fonts = 20251101-2.fc43

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I would like to request the creation of a meta-package that prioritizes VF
variants and don't install their equivalent duplicates in Static variant.

For example, the meta-package would install Hebrew VF fonts, but not Hebrew
Static fonts.

This eliminates the duplicates, while still keeping the Static fonts in a
meta-package for the fonts that don't have VF variants.

Additional note: the current "google-noto-fonts-all" should probably install
the other "-all" meta-packages as well, since it includes all of their deps as
well.

Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

[Bug 2431892] Provide a meta-package that prioritizes VFs

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431892

Akira TAGOH  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Akira TAGOH  ---
Have you ever tried google-noto-fonts-all-vf?

[Bug 2431892] Provide a meta-package that prioritizes VFs

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EpicTux123  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from EpicTux123  ---
Hi Akira,

From my testing it seems "google-noto-fonts-all-vf" only installs all Noto
fonts with VF variants, no static fonts included.

I think you did not understand what I mean.

My request is a new meta-package that avoids the duplicates (fonts with both VF
and static variants), while prioritizing VF variants, and still ultimately
installing the static fonts that also don't have a VF variant equivalent,
ending up with all fonts available installed.

[Bug 2431892] Provide a meta-package that prioritizes VFs

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431892

Akira TAGOH  changed:

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[Bug 2431892] Provide a meta-package that prioritizes VFs

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--- Comment #3 from Akira TAGOH  ---
Trying to consider how we can implement this. However we can't guarantee the
upgrading path because upstream sometimes drops a font and added back due to
the some reasons. We already have a sort of the lines of Obsoletes: and
Provides: for some packages and removed them later. This would means you may
eventually have both VF and static font packages getting installed by a new
meta-package and it is quite hard to settle the upgrading path issue.