On 23/03/2014 01:50, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Sat, 2014-03-22 at 20:07 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Drew Parsons wrote: >>> Grace is one of the most useful packages in the entire archive. >>> >>> I am not aware of anything other package that provides the same degree >>> of functionality. >>> >>> Removing it is not a good idea. >> That can be fixed by anyone willing to spend the time to update it to >> use freetype. >> >> Removing the package will likely provide an incentive for someone >> sufficiently skilled and interested to do that, and it will eventually >> be back. > > At the core of it, lib/canvas/t1fonts.c would need to be replaced, and > Canvas in include/grace/canvasP.h and various client code points would > need to be updated to match. > > Sounds like a worthy candidate for the Google Summer of Code. > Too late for the GSoC (deadline for students was last Friday) and I don't think we would have accepted this as a project.
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