RM: xfs-xtt -- RoQA; superseded by X.Org, RC-buggy
retitle 314882 RM: xfs-xtt -- RoQA; superseded by X.Org, RC-buggy
reassign 314882 ftp.debian.org
tag 323884 wontfix
tag 335429 wontfix
thanks
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 14:46:12 +0900, ISHIKAWA Mutsumi wrote:
> I intend to orphan the xfs-xtt package.
[...]
> Note:
> After the xorg package is uploaded, I'll remove this package from sid
> when no one take over this package. Because...
>
> * Current xfree86's xfs package can handle TrueType fonts (but can not
> handle TTCap).
>
> * xorg's libXfont unified X-TrueType engine to FreeType engine.
>
> xorg's xfs also can handle TrueType fonts and can handle TTCap
> description. So, it is possible to replace the xfs-xtt.
>
> * xfs-xtt use X-TrueType engine. Maintenance of the X-TrueType
> engine has already stopped considerably before. Old X-TrueType
> engine code was dropped from source tree (on both xfree86 and xorg)
X.Org has been in testing for a while, so I think we should remove
xfs-xtt.
Thanks,
Matej
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