GNU bug report logs - #38498
Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default profiles

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>

Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 10:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 38498 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 38498 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38498: Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default profiles
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:01:29 +0100

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Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> writes:

> TBH I don't understand all the problems related to multiple-profiles
> that were discussed and "solved" recently.  I have been using multiple
> profiles for at least 5 years (I don't even have ~/.guix-profile on my
> disk) and I have not had any serious problems, just some small obstacles
> that can be easily overpassed.

The point of multi-profile support is to:

- behave in the most expected way;
- factor the work upstream.

The less time individual users spend on their ad-hoc multi-profile
support, the more time they can spend on other (more productive) things :)

We lose generality in making ~/.guix-profile special.

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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