On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 09:42:55PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: >CY> As you said, I've worked for merging X-TT functionalities >CY> and various fixes. And I've released libfreetype-xtt2 patch >CY> version 1.0b. > >CY> Would you accept our libfreetype-xtt2 patch? If our patch >CY> is accepted before XFree86-4.4 release, I think that you will >CY> be able to remove freetype1 sources from XFree86's tree at >CY> XFree86-4.5 release. > >Chisato-san, > >I am very glad to see TTCap implemented in the FreeType backend. > >The main point is that I consider core fonts to be obsolete -- client >applications, especially internationalised ones, should move to Xft.
That's an issue to take up with application developers. We still have users with applications that require 8-bit PseudoColor visuals. >This is the reason why I have basically kept the features of the >FreeType backend frozen for a long time. > >We need to seriously consider whether inclusion of your patch goes >against this goal. You'll understand that this is not a discussion >that we can have before I've read and fully understood your code. Achieving the goal of a single freetype backend without taking away functionality that people are actually using is a good one, regardless of anything else. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes _______________________________________________ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
