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Re: [ft-devel] Any reason not merging freetype2 and freetype2-demos?
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Behdad Esfahbod |
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Re: [ft-devel] Any reason not merging freetype2 and freetype2-demos? |
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Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:47:51 -0400 |
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On 14-08-18 01:39 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
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>> It's fairly easy to do using git.
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> We split it intentionally many years ago. Admittedly, I know longer
> know the reason...
Ok I can think of one myself. It's a problem in other projects too.
Having them separate makes it easier to run a newer ftview (say, with a new
feature), against older freetype / multiple versions of freetype for
comparison. That, however, would work find *if* like other projects one could
run "make install" within src/. With FreeType's currently build system it's
an all-or-nothing. So, we'd need to revamp the build system a bit before the
merge can happen.
> Basically, I don't object to your suggestion, since this means only
> two and not three tarballs to distribute. Please file a bug report so
> that it won't forgotten – and maybe other people can comment.
Done:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?43014
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> Werner
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