Hi guys,<br><br>I have finally finished my LCD patched packages which provides "clear-type like" experience for Fedora Users.<br>Please have a look at <a href="https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547">https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547</a><br>
I need a sponsor as I am a new there.<br><br>To describe myself :<br><br>I am 24 years Linux IT administrator, freelance developer (I already have 3 commercially attractive projects) . I am open source enthusiast, working with Fedora since FC6 . <br>
I am working for very well known company which develops application management software. I am preparing Linux RPM packages for our products there.<br><br><br>Thanks,<br><br>David<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Hláèik</b> <span dir="ltr"><david@hlacik.eu></span><br>Date: Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:49 PM<br>Subject: how to add a packages to rpmfusion: cairo, libXft, freetype<br>To: <a href="mailto:rpmfusion-users@lists.rpmfusion.org">rpmfusion-users@lists.rpmfusion.org</a><br>
<br><br>Hi,<br>
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long time ago I promised to create packages suitable for rpmfusion for following :<br>
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Request: freetype (with patches to support subpixel rendering and bytecode interpreter)<br>
Summary: A free and portable font rendering engine<br>
URL: <a href="http://www.freetype.org" target="_blank">http://www.freetype.org</a><br>
Why not in Fedora: Patent issues regarding cleartype filtering and bytecode interpreter<br>
Notes: this package should be part of a logical group of other patched packages supporting better subpixel rendering in Fedora, to bring up the font rendering to the level of Ubuntu, Windows XP/Vista and MacOS/X. These packages are: cairo, freetype, fontconfig, libXft (and maybe pixman, this should be checked). Source packages already exist with patches supporting these features for all the above packages at: <a href="ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/" target="_blank">ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/</a>. Further info: <a href="http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html" target="_blank">http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html</a><br>
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Request: cairo (with patches to support cleartype filtering)<br>
Summary: A vector graphics library<br>
URL: <a href="http://cairographics.org" target="_blank">http://cairographics.org</a><br>
Why not in Fedora: Patent issues regarding cleartype filtering<br>
Notes: this package should be part of a logical group of other patched packages supporting better subpixel rendering in Fedora, to bring up the font rendering to the level of Ubuntu, Windows XP/Vista and MacOS/X. These packages are: cairo, freetype, fontconfig, libXft (and maybe pixman, this should be checked). Source packages already exist with patches supporting these features for all the above packages at: <a href="ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/" target="_blank">ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/</a>. Further info: <a href="http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html" target="_blank">http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html</a><br>
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Request: libXft (with cleartype filtering patches)<br>
Summary: X.Org X11 libXft runtime library<br>
URL: <a href="http://www.x.org" target="_blank">http://www.x.org</a><br>
Why not in Fedora: Patent issues regarding cleartype filtering<br>
Notes: this package should be part of a logical group of other patched packages supporting better subpixel rendering in Fedora, to bring up the font rendering to the level of Ubuntu, Windows XP/Vista and MacOS/X. These packages are: cairo, freetype, fontconfig, libXft (and maybe pixman, this should be checked). Source packages already exist with patches supporting these features for all the above packages at: <a href="ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/" target="_blank">ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/</a>. Further info: <a href="http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html" target="_blank">http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html</a><br>
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I would like to implement them the same way as freetype-freeworld is implemented (by owerriding library in ld.so.config).<br>
Those packages will come from original fedora cairo,libXft,freetype packages and will be patched with LCD filter patch , named afterwards as freetype-freeworld, cairo-freeworld, libXft-freeworld. So we can catch the Ubuntu and have the nice fonts afterwards :).<br>
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I am using those packages on my own, have them prepared (not overriding libraries now) for fedora 10 and it looks awesome.<br>
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How should I proceed with this, to be sure, that my effort invested to development this packages will by payed by including those packages to rpmfusion-nonfree repository (and writing short howto on <a href="http://rpmfusion.org" target="_blank">rpmfusion.org</a> wiki) to make people aware of that.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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David Hlacik <br>
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