>> The main point is that I consider core fonts to be obsolete -- client
>> applications, especially internationalised ones, should move to Xft.

DD> That's an issue to take up with application developers.  

Isn't that what we are doing?

Let me reformulate this: I do not think that adding functionality to
core fonts is a good way to expend developper time, particularly when
I am the delopper in question.  Especially so in October.

>> 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.

DD> Achieving the goal of a single freetype backend without taking away
DD> functionality that people are actually using is a good one, regardless
DD> of anything else.

I agree in principle.

                                        Juliusz
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