On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 09:21:23PM +0100, Georg Baum wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > So in summary, regarding the XeTeX + TeX fonts, I propose the above policy > > to start with; and if we find that there really is such a low signal to > > noise ratio then we can change our minds and ignore them. But we will > > never know what the signal to noise ratio is if we just ignore them now. > > This does all make sense (including the snipped part). Nevertheless I'd like > to propose that we put some intermediate steps in: > > 1) Fix the first half of bug #9744. This is an easy and safe change which > has the additional benefit to make most of Günters concerns about the "View > XeTeX" toolbar button much less important. Also, if we do not do it before > 2.2.0, we cannot do it for 2.2.x (file format change). Günter, maybe you > want to have a try yourself (if Scott agrees to do this before 2.2.0)?
I see. Seems like it would have a good benefit. Would indeed be nice to have in 2.2.0 beta. > 2) Set the new "automatic" value for "use non-TeX fonts" for all documents > that should work with XeTeX in principle > > 3) Re-evaluate the test status and decide then whether some tests do still > need to be suspended or inverted. > > My guess would be that after these three steps, the tests would be much more > usable, and that the tests that do then still fail would point to real > problems which should not be ignored. OK so we will hold of from inverting tests, it seems you are suggesting. I'm fine with that. Scott
