Re: Removing xc/lib/font/Type1 , Speedo and FONTCACHE support from Xorg default build...

Roland Mainz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.freedesktop.release-wranglers,gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Roland Mainz wrote:
> Are there any objections against that I remove the following stuff from
> the Xorg default build:
> 1. xc/lib/font/Type1/ - this code handles Type1 and CID fonts.
> Unfortunately the code is permanently crashing with "Beziers this big
> not yet supported" and that's more than anyoing... and the code is no
> longer be maintained since a longer time... and even Xfree86 has
> turned-off that code since the xc/lib/font/Freetype/ code has Type1 font
> support and does the job much better than xc/lib/font/Type1/
> Note: I am _not_ removing PS Type1 font support... Type1 fonts will
> still be supported after that change... don't worry... :)

I filed http://pdx.freedesktop.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=549
("RFE: Xorg default build should run with |BuildType1| set to |NO|") for
that...

> 2. Speedo font support.
> Xfree86 turned Speedo font support off, Sun turned it off and AFAIK
> there were no new fonts in that format since at least ten (!!) years. I
> propose to turn Speedo font support OFF and remove it from the default
> font path

... and http://pdx.freedesktop.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=548
("RFE: Remove Speedo font support from the Xorg default build") ...
 
> 3. FONTCACHE extension support
> AFAIK Xfree86 removed that from their default build

... and finally
http://pdx.freedesktop.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=547 ("RFE:
Disable FONTCACHE extension in the Xorg default build").

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Bye,
Roland

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