Re: [ft-devel] fontconfig (Re: Something in 2.6.4 broke my windows)

[Hin-Tak Leung]

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On Fri, 8/7/16, Alexei Podtelezhnikov <address@hidden> wrote:

> I hate
 this argument so deeply! I do not know a single
 distribution
 that updates FreeType between
 their major releases. Most distribution
 still ship very old version. I do not
 understand the fear of "look
 different". Yeah, some people do not clean
 their houses because it
 will look different.
 I do not care about such people. Complaining
 about different is trolling.
 
It is not about looking different - it is about potentially disruptive changes 
which applies to every font on the system. The convenience of fontconfig - 
loading arbitrary glyph from arbitrary font on the system to cover for ranges 
not covered by the default font.

I clean house when I know my next few days would be free. A dead rat under the 
carpet could be messy... why start looking for dead rats and moving furniture 
when you are inviting friends over for dinner tomorrow? :-).