Re: Replace XChar2b with unsigned in all font backends

[Andy Moreton]

On Mon 20 May 2019, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On May 20, 2019 7:29:34 PM GMT+01:00, Andy Moreton <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Please revert this patch to fix the build on master, and then revisit
>> these changes after that.
>> 
>  You ask to revert because you don't think there's a way of fixing this 
> without reverting?  Or fof some other reason?

The first order of business is to restore master to a usable state.
After that, any amount of time can be taken to revise the non-working
patch into something that does not cause the regression.

"Don't break the build" is an important rule. A recent Rx patch was
reverted by its author because it broke bootstrapping, and then a
revised version added later after the problem with the original patch
had been fixed. Why should this patch be any different ?

    AndyM