FreeType patented bytecode interpreter now in rawhide

[Ilyes Gouta]

Finally! It was like a non-ending movie through all these years, having such
one essential/basic feature disabled. An update for F12, whenever it gets
ready, would be really welcome!

> Given how any font rendering changes seems to degrade font rendering for
some

The TrueType bytecode interpreter really makes the difference.

-Ilyes

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
> wrote:

>
>
> Le Ven 4 décembre 2009 13:50, Matěj Cepl a écrit :
> >
> > Dne 4.12.2009 01:13, Behdad Esfahbod napsal(a):
> >> Since the patents covering the TrueType bytecode interpreter expired at
> >> the end of October, I've now built FreeType in rawhide with that part of
> >> code enabled.
> >
> > can we hope for the update in F12 as well, please?
>
> Given how any font rendering changes seems to degrade font rendering for
> some
> users, I'd very much prefer it went through a full release testing cycle
> before hitting unsuspecting users.
>
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