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- To: bugs@debian.org
- Subject: Don't load type1 backend by default
- From: Juliusz Chroboczek <Juliusz.Chroboczek@pps.jussieu.fr>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:49:16 +0200
- Message-id: <7ihd4gt0k2.fsf@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr>
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 Severity: wishlist Hi Branden, or whoever is maintaining the X server nowadays. On my systems at least, X.Org is loading the "type1" font backend. I have no idea whether this is the default behaviour, or an artefact of my configuration -- if the latter, please disregard this report. I would like to argue that the "type1" backend should not be loaded by default. The "type1" backend uses the IBM/Lexmark Type 1 rasteriser, which is old, unmaintained and buggy. Since XFree86 4.3.0, the "freetype" backend is used for Type 1 fonts if it is loaded, and the "type1" backend is only used for CIDFonts. Nobody understands CIDFonts. Nobody knows how to install a CIDFont in the X server. CIDFonts are not supported by Xft. And fortunately they are obsolete -- the format has been made obsolete by OpenType/CFF. I would like to convince you that the "type1" backend should not be loaded by default. If your users complain, please point them at FontForge, which is supposed to be able to convert CIDFonts to the OpenType/CFF format (which, unlike conversion to TTF format, is lossless). Thanks, JuliuszAttachment: pgp10W5so5yL8.pgp
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- To: 364965-close@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#364965: fixed in xorg 1:7.1.0-6
- From: David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:32:39 -0800
- Message-id: <E1GgtLr-0001nw-KA@spohr.debian.org>
Source: xorg Source-Version: 1:7.1.0-6 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of xorg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: libglu1-xorg-dev_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/libglu1-xorg-dev_7.1.0-6_all.deb libglu1-xorg_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/libglu1-xorg_7.1.0-6_all.deb x-window-system-core_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/x-window-system-core_7.1.0-6_all.deb x-window-system_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/x-window-system_7.1.0-6_all.deb x11-common_7.1.0-6_i386.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/x11-common_7.1.0-6_i386.deb xlibmesa-dri_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xlibmesa-dri_7.1.0-6_all.deb xlibmesa-gl-dev_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xlibmesa-gl-dev_7.1.0-6_all.deb xlibmesa-gl_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xlibmesa-gl_7.1.0-6_all.deb xlibmesa-glu_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xlibmesa-glu_7.1.0-6_all.deb xlibs-data_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xlibs-data_7.1.0-6_all.deb xlibs-static-dev_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xlibs-static-dev_7.1.0-6_all.deb xorg-dev_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xorg-dev_7.1.0-6_all.deb xorg_7.1.0-6.dsc to pool/main/x/xorg/xorg_7.1.0-6.dsc xorg_7.1.0-6.tar.gz to pool/main/x/xorg/xorg_7.1.0-6.tar.gz xorg_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xorg_7.1.0-6_all.deb xserver-xfree86_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xserver-xfree86_7.1.0-6_all.deb xserver-xorg-input-all_7.1.0-6_i386.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xserver-xorg-input-all_7.1.0-6_i386.deb xserver-xorg-video-all_7.1.0-6_i386.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xserver-xorg-video-all_7.1.0-6_i386.deb xserver-xorg_7.1.0-6_all.deb to pool/main/x/xorg/xserver-xorg_7.1.0-6_all.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 364965@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org> (supplier of updated xorg package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 20:09:29 -0500 Source: xorg Binary: x-window-system xlibs-static-dev xlibmesa-dri xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg xorg-dev xserver-xorg-input-all libglu1-xorg-dev xlibmesa-glu xlibmesa-gl x11-common xserver-xfree86 xlibmesa-gl-dev x-window-system-core libglu1-xorg xlibs-data xorg Architecture: source all i386 Version: 1:7.1.0-6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org> Changed-By: David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org> Description: libglu1-xorg - transitional package for Debian etch libglu1-xorg-dev - transitional package for Debian etch x-window-system - transitional package for Debian etch x-window-system-core - transitional package for Debian etch x11-common - X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure xlibmesa-dri - transitional package for Debian etch xlibmesa-gl - transitional package for Debian etch xlibmesa-gl-dev - transitional package for Debian etch xlibmesa-glu - transitional package for Debian etch xlibs-data - transitional package for X11 client data xlibs-static-dev - transitional metapackage xorg - X.Org X Window System xorg-dev - the X.Org X Window System development libraries xserver-xfree86 - transitional package for moving from XFree86 to X.Org xserver-xorg - the X.Org X server xserver-xorg-input-all - the X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage xserver-xorg-video-all - the X.Org X server -- output driver metapackage Closes: 364965 365358 391602 396279 396484 396827 Changes: xorg (1:7.1.0-6) unstable; urgency=low . [ Debconf translations added ] * Arabic (though still incomplete). * Bosnian. Closes: #396484 * Chinese (Traditional). * Croatian. * Greek. * Thai. Closes: #396827 * Turkish. . [ Debconf translations updated ] * Nepali * Russian. Closes: #391602 . [ Julien Cristau ] * Readd /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common which was lost in the transition from the monolith. This enables the -color customization, and closes: #365358. * Delete stampdir in debian/rules clean. * Don't load the obsolete Type 1 font backend in the server, as suggested by Juliusz Chroboczek (closes: #364965). * Bump x11-common's conflict on xlbiff to "<< 4.1-4". Thanks to Bill Allombert and Steve Langasek (closes: #396279). 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