On 31/10/2009, at 18:30, Daniel Macks wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 05:02:47PM -0200, monipol wrote: >> From the bugs tracker. Original report by unknown. >> >> Whilst we mirror that particular tarball ourselves, I'm copying this >> report because there are more recent stable versions of FreeType. >> >> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2886448&group_id=17203&atid=117203 >> >> When trying to download package freetype219-2.3.8-1, fink fails to >> download >> the file freetype-2.3.8.tar.bz2 from any of the mirrors. >> >> After looking at the webpage of freetype's developers >> (download.savannag.gnu.org/releases/freetype) I saw that version >> 2.3.8. was >> buggy and is no longer offered for download. Could this be fixed in >> the >> freetype package? > > To quote our freetype219-2.3.8-2 package internal notes: > > # 2.3.9 breaks ABI!!!!! (and doesn't bump c_v for new public > functions) > > > That means upgrading will break an unknown (but possibly up to > *every*) existing package that uses it. 2.3.{10,11} perpetuate the > same breakage...freetype devels are well-known around fink to not give > a damn about interface stability or how much damage they do by > breaking it in nearly every minor release. So we might be able to shim > the new version to match (or at least not break upgrade from) old > version, but it will take time. > > Do you have specific information about what's buggy in 2.3.8 (maybe we > could import some limited patches from their newer versions)?
Thanks for the reply, Dan. Unfortunately the user that opened the tracker item hasn't provided any contact information whatsoever (I believe he's used OpenID and SF.net doesn't seem to handle it well). I'll post your reply there; let's see if we can get more information. Cheers, -- monipol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
