Control: tags -1 moreinfo Mattia Rizzolo: > [ Keeping lot of context as this one email didn't make it to the ML due > to the big attachment ] > > On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 11:05:28AM +0100, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: >> This is a preapproval request. >> >> Currently stretch has inkscape version 0.92.0 + a bunch of patches >> backported from their stable branch. I'd like to eventually ship >> 0.92.1, which is due in about 2 weeks if they keep the current schedule. >> [...] >> >> In particular there is one bugfix which I'm interested, which is causing >> malformed rendering of text boxes. This random blog post can give you >> an idea of the problem (upstream is not good at bug triaging, so there >> is no real trackable bug…): >> http://peppercarrot.com/en/article396/new-inkscape-0-92-breaks-your-previous-works-done-with-inkscape >> [...] > > In the meantime 0.92.1~pre2 happened. [...] > 0.92.1 is now totally freezed, and they expect to release it as is with > just the version changed. > https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/inkscape-devel/thread/20170208223327.GI24863%40bryceharrington.org/#msg35655759 > >> Thank you for considering. > > ! > Hi Mattia, I am ok with this provided: * We aim for 0.92.1 once that is released (assuming it is released soon) * You are ready to react promptly to regressions * You are ready to promptly downgrade back to 0.92.0-4 plus minimal patches for fixing the text-height issue for the worst case. Thanks, ~Niels
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