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Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> I am sponsoring this fasttrack for Stuart Kreitman of the X team.
> It removes unmaintained programs for manipulating a font format
> that has been obsolete since the X11R5 release in 1991.
>
> The timeout is set to Tuesday, June 23. The release binding is
> Patch for EOF announcement, Minor for actual removal.
>
> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> EOF of bdftosnf and showsnf
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Stuart Kreitman
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 16 June, 2009
> 4. Technical Description
>
> bdftosnf converts Bitmap Data Format font files to Server Natural
> Format (SNF) Font files.
>
> showsnf displays contents of SNF files.
>
>
> I dug up a few references of its history:
>
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/802-2011/6i60mct6n?a=view:
>
> "SNF is an older font file format that is replaced by the Portable Compiled
> Format (PFC). PCF is the preferred format for font files and one can use
> bdftopcf(1) to convert a BDF font file to a PCF font file.
>
>
> http://iasonline.com:457/cgi-bin/man/man?bdftosnf+X:
>
> "bdftosnf has been replaced by bdftopcf in the X11R5 release; SNF files
> are only used for backwards compatibility"
>
> With the EOF of Xsun it is time to drop these utilities.
>
> This case announces the EOF of, and removes, the bdftosnf and showsnf
> utilities and documentation from Solaris Nevada and OpenSolaris.
>
> Exported Interfaces:
> --------------------
> /usr/openwin/bin/bdftosnf Obsolete (SUNWxwopt)
> /usr/openwin/bin/showsnf Obsolete (SUNWxwopt)
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> X Consolidation / Desktop C-Team
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
