Re: [ft-devel] [smooth] Implement minimal dynamic padding for LCD filtering. -- Still breaks Firefox

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Distributions regularly apply patches to packages to suit their own
>> needs.  I don't see any problem here.  Honestly, I think that the
>> number of single users who compile Firefox or Chrome from scratch
>> is quite limited, thus the impact of this change is rather low –
>> it's not released yet!  Additionally, new releases of Firefox or
>> Chrome are *much* more frequent than FreeType releases.
> 
> No, it will impact all Chrome/Chromium/Firefox users once distros
> update to the next freetype version.

You think that distributions will do an update to FreeType 2.8.1 (to
be released in a few months, I guesstimate) *before* they do an update
to Chrome or FreeType?  I consider this very unlikely.


    Werner