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[ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available
From: |
Sean McBride |
Subject: |
[ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:14:35 -0500 |
On 2007-01-11 12:52, David Turner said:
>There should be *no* break of ABI or API since the last two
>releases (2.2.1 and 2.1.10)
Except for ftmac.c.... right? At least, depending on a *great many*
defines, some functions now *potentially* have different behaviour. For
example:
<http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/freetype/freetype2/src/base/ftmac.c?
r1=text&tr1=1.48&r2=text&tr2=1.49&diff_format=l>
For example, FT_GetFile_From_Mac_Name() now always returns an error,
where before, depending on #defines, it may have done more.
This is the whole gutting of Mac OS 9 cruft that was discussed here
previously.
>Building/Installation volunteers are welcomed. I'm especially
>curious about warning messages happening during compilations on
>exotic platforms, since we try to *completely* prevent them in
>our official releases.
See:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg01648.html>
Additionally I have confirmed that RC1 builds on several different Mac
configs.
>CHANGES BETWEEN 2.3.0 and 2.2.1
>
> *SNIP*
>
> - Better support for Mac Fonts on POSIX systems, plus compilation
> fixes for PPC64.
I think Suzuki-San's changes here may need elaboration. Perhaps just
something along the lines of "if you use ftmac.c, please note that it is
now Mac OS X-only, and that some old APIs now return errors. Thus your
code should still build unchanged, but may change in behaviour."
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Sean McBride, B. Eng address@hidden
Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
- [ft] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, David Turner, 2007/01/11
- Re: [ft] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, Masatake YAMATO, 2007/01/11
- Re: [ft] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/12
- [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available,
Sean McBride <=
- Re: [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, David Turner, 2007/01/12
- Re: [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/13
- Re: [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, mpsuzuki, 2007/01/13
- Re: [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/13
- Re: [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, mpsuzuki, 2007/01/13
- [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, mpsuzuki, 2007/01/13
- [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/14
- Re: [ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/01/14
[ft] Re: [ft-devel] FreeType 2.3.0 release candidate 1 is available, Mike FABIAN, 2007/01/12