<table><tr><td style="">davidedmundson added a comment.
</td><a style="text-decoration: none; padding: 4px 8px; margin: 0 8px 8px; float: right; color: #464C5C; font-weight: bold; border-radius: 3px; background-color: #F7F7F9; background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,#fff,#f1f0f1); display: inline-block; border: 1px solid rgba(71,87,120,.2);" href="https://phabricator.kde.org/D16530">View Revision</a></tr></table><br /><div><div><p>It's always tricky when you remove old stuff; we don't want to risk any changes that could affect a usecase no matter how obscure.<br />
It's not something to rush or do lightly.</p>
<p>However, your rationale makes sense. There's an additional pieces of information that I think helps me reach a decision.</p>
<p>kfontinst (the font install kcm) does call mkfontscale/mkfontdir</p>
<p>If they don't use kfontinst to install fonts that's their problem. No reason for us to do it on load</p>
<p>Ship it!</p>
<p>(FWIW, here is when it was added: <a href="https://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=37745" class="remarkup-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=37745</a>)</p></div></div><br /><div><strong>REPOSITORY</strong><div><div>R120 Plasma Workspace</div></div></div><br /><div><strong>REVISION DETAIL</strong><div><a href="https://phabricator.kde.org/D16530">https://phabricator.kde.org/D16530</a></div></div><br /><div><strong>To: </strong>bruns, Plasma, fvogt, davidedmundson<br /><strong>Cc: </strong>plasma-devel, ragreen, Pitel, ZrenBot, lesliezhai, ali-mohamed, jensreuterberg, abetts, sebas, apol, mart<br /></div>