Re: [Fonts] libfreetype-xtt2 bench
DD If you personally choose not to meet their needs (which is DD entirely up to you, and entirely reasonable), someone else might. David, What exactly are you arguing with ? I'm saying that this code deserves being read, that nobody has appeared to do so until now (or if they did, they didn't CC the list with their opinion), and that I am busy, but will do so as soon as I've got the time. I've also been sidetracked into spelling out my opinion on core fonts, which is no secret for anyone. If you (or somebody else) has the time to read and understand Chisato's code right now, please do. Juliusz ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
Re: [Fonts] libfreetype-xtt2 bench
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 04:33:47PM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: DD If you personally choose not to meet their needs (which is DD entirely up to you, and entirely reasonable), someone else might. David, What exactly are you arguing with ? The notion you expressed that adding features to the freetype backend goes against a goal of encouraging application developers to move to client side fonts, and with the corollary that perhaps such code should be excluded for that reason. Nothing more and nothing less. If you (or somebody else) has the time to read and understand Chisato's code right now, please do. I have read the code enough to see that the changes are consistent with the changelog that accompanied them. I don't claim to understand all of the finer points (and a more detailed review is certainly welcome). I'm encouraged by the fact that the After X-TT Project has been working on and fixing a number of stability problems, and eliminating the need for two truetype backends for the XFree86 server. The code has been committed, and needs testing. If no significant problems are found, it can remain for the 4.4 release. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
Re: [Fonts] libfreetype-xtt2 bench
What exactly are you arguing with ? DD The notion you expressed that adding features to the freetype backend DD goes against a goal of encouraging application developers to move to DD client side fonts, I never said such a thing. I said that adding features to the freetype backend goes against a goal of putting core fonts into maintenance-only mode. DD The code has been committed, and needs testing. If no significant DD problems are found, it can remain for the 4.4 release. Good. Juliusz ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
[Fonts] Re: libfreetype-xtt2 bench
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: Date: 21 Oct 2003 18:41:54 +0200 From: Juliusz Chroboczek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: libfreetype-xtt2 bench What exactly are you arguing with ? DD The notion you expressed that adding features to the freetype backend DD goes against a goal of encouraging application developers to move to DD client side fonts, I never said such a thing. I said that adding features to the freetype backend goes against a goal of putting core fonts into maintenance-only mode. IMHO, if xtt's functionality can be obsoleted by including the same functionality into the freetype module, then there is a lot less code to have to care about, and xtt can be removed. The resulting code will be less to have to maintain, and if it is the only codepath to have to care about, all users will be using it. In that case, presumeably if there are problems, the people who contributed the new changes will be interested in fixing them for their own benefit, and contributing those fixes for future releases. I agree with you that core fonts is something that preferably all developers will move away from, and that that is to be encouraged. I don't think it is fair however to encourage this by throwing away useful work that someone has done, or to ignore potential improvements in the code that someone else is interested and/or willing to do. X core fonts may be getting obsolete but they'll be around with us for years to come yet. Best not to be short sighted. ;o) -- Mike A. Harris ___ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
