12:39 p.m.
On Wednesday 04 March 2009, David Hláčik wrote:
Hi,
long time ago I promised to create packages suitable for rpmfusion for
following :
Request: freetype (with patches to support subpixel rendering and
bytecode interpreter)
Summary: A free and portable font rendering engine
URL: http://www.freetype.org
Why not in Fedora: Patent issues regarding cleartype filtering and
bytecode interpreter
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: ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/.
Further info: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html
Is this different from freetype-freeworld?
2:04 p.m.
New subject: how to add a packages to rpmfusion: cairo, libXft, freetype
Neal Becker wrote:
On Wednesday 04 March 2009, David Hláčik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> long time ago I promised to create packages suitable for rpmfusion for
> following :
>
> Request: freetype (with patches to support subpixel rendering and
> bytecode interpreter)
> Summary: A free and portable font rendering engine
> URL: http://www.freetype.org
> Why not in Fedora: Patent issues regarding cleartype filtering and
> bytecode interpreter
> 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: ftp://brebs.me.uk/fedora/10/.
> Further info: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-186789.html
>
Is this different from freetype-freeworld?
The mention of "Ubuntu" probably means it includes Ubuntu's set of
non-upstreamed (and controversial) subpixel-rendering-related patches.
-- Rex
2:32 a.m.
New subject: how to add a packages to rpmfusion: cairo, libXft, freetype
On Wednesday 04 March 2009, David Hláčik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> long time ago I promised to create packages suitable for rpmfusion for
> following :
As long as they're called the same as the Fedora packages, they're NOT
suitable for RPM Fusion. RPM Fusion does not replace Fedora packages. You
will have to use a solution such as freetype-freeworld. In other words,
we'd change freetype-freeworld and also have cairo-freeworld and
libXft-freeworld.
Now if you want to add these non-upstream patches to freetype-freeworld, you
will have to take over maintainership because I'm not willing to maintain
that stuff (but as I don't even use freetype-freeworld myself, I'd be more
than happy to hand it over to you if you want it).
And one question has still been left unanswered: Why are these patches not
upstream? I've been told there are patent concerns, but freetype already
includes patent-encumbered code and only disables it in the default build,
so that excuse doesn't sound valid as far as freetype is concerned. Plus,
are the cairo patches doing anything actually patented? If they just have
freetype do all the work, then I don't see why the cairo parts cannot be
upstreamed.
Kevin Kofler
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