Follow-up to myself: On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 03:25:58PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> I'm happy to report that there's been some positive progress regarding > freetype's pending ABI transition since I last posted about it[1]. In > response to concerns from a number of vendors about the disruptive effect > this transition would have on desktop distributions, freetype upstream has > done a tremendous job of restoring ABI compatibility with freetype 2.1.7 for > the upcoming 2.2 release. > Packages for freetype 2.2rc4 can be found at > <http://people.debian.org/~vorlon/freetype/>. Please test them and let me > know what breaks! In particular, it would be appreciated if users could > install freetype 2.2rc4 on sarge and confirm whether they're truly > compatible; these binary packages are built against etch, though, so you'll > need to rebuild to install it on sarge. Please note also that this package is up for adoption: http://bugs.debian.org/351821 People willing to lend a hand with this package in a team maintenance setting are welcomed to follow up to the RFA bug and volunteer. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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