On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 07:09:42PM -0800, Marc J. Driftmeyer wrote:
> CHANGES BETWEEN 2.4.3 and 2.4.4

>   I. IMPORTANT BUG FIXES

>     - UVS support (TrueType/OpenType cmap format 14) support is fixed.
>       This regression has been introduced in version 2.4.0.

>   II. MISCELLANEOUS

>     - Detect tricky fonts (e.g. MingLiU)  by the lengths and checksums
>       of Type42-persistent subtables (`cvt ', `fpgm', and `prep') when
>       a TrueType font without family name is given.  The previous fix,
>       introduced in 2.4.3,  was too rigorous,  causing many  subsetted
>       fonts (mainly  from PDF files) displayed badly  because FreeType
>       forced  rendering with  the TrueType bytecode engine  instead of
>       the autohinter.

>     - Better support for 64bit platforms.

>     - More fixes to improve handling of broken fonts.

It's really not necessary to file bugs against the freetype package when a
new upstream version is released.  I already get notified by the upstream
lists; all filing bugs accomplishes here is gives me more bugs that have to
be closed in the changelog.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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