Re: [GD-DEVEL] [2.1.0] Bump freetype minimum version to 2.2.0?

Hi Lars,

On 2/11/07, Lars Hecking <[email protected]> wrote:

>  I think it should be ok, even though it adds some hassle for those
>  installing gd-2.1.x.
>
>  While there probably are many systems that do not fit the requirement,
>  such systems more than likely rely on an older version of gd which would
>  not be upgraded anyway. E.g. RHEL3, which is still in widespread use
>  (if you need to QA hundreds of pieces of software from dozens of vendors,
>  you don't nilly-willy move to the next major release), comes with gd 1.8.4
>  and ft 2.1.4. Updating gd would more than likely break things, and one
>  would install a newer gd in parallel if it was required. So the same thing
>  could be done with freetype. As long as gdlib-config picks up and records
>  the correct version, it should be ok.

It is a very good point. Do you know what is the policy (if any) to
name the library? I  would like to support parallel installations like
naming the 2.1.0 libgd.so.2.1 or whatever should be the right name.

--Pierre