On Sat, 2014-03-22 at 20:07 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Grace is one of the most useful packages in the entire archive. > > > > I am not aware of anything other package that provides the same degree > > of functionality. > > > > Removing it is not a good idea. > > That can be fixed by anyone willing to spend the time to update it to > use freetype. > > Removing the package will likely provide an incentive for someone > sufficiently skilled and interested to do that, and it will eventually > be back.
At the core of it, lib/canvas/t1fonts.c would need to be replaced, and Canvas in include/grace/canvasP.h and various client code points would need to be updated to match. Sounds like a worthy candidate for the Google Summer of Code. Drew [... or even better, pay someone to port the entire thing wholesale to Qt] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
