[Tilesathome] Indic(Indian) fonts

[Florian Lohoff]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:02:10PM +0200, Ariel Garcia wrote:
> that is a pitty....
> 
> But perhaps there is an easy solution:
> the clients update themselves from SVN AFAIK, wouldn't be possible that the 
> client is updated to check for all the needed fonts and to automatically 
> download/unpack the required ones into the local installation if some are 
> missing?

Which means the client needs root/admin rights? Not a good idea - compromise
the OSM svn and suddenly you gain access to a couple hundret t at h clients. Nice
botnet and not a good idea ...

> Otherwise the client could at least print a big warning asking for the extra 
> fonts to be installed and refuse to process further tiles.
> 
> People who managed to get the client running will usually not check the wiki 
> page for changes anymore i'd bet...

But clients leave a trace with the username of the admin. You see tiles
missing the text - mail the admins, rerender ...


Flo
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Florian Lohoff                                                 f at zz.de
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