[HarfBuzz] Making harfbuzz more appealing for mupdf project

[Ebrahim Byagowi]

Hi!

Thanks for your encouraging words :)

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On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 3:46 AM, Robin Watts <robin.watts at artifex.com>
wrote:

> On 14/06/2017 21:37, Ebrahim Byagowi wrote:
>
>> I wonder if is possible to turn this <https://github.com/ccxvii/mup
>> df/blob/master/source/fitz/harfbuzz.c#L12> comment about harfbuzz on
>> mupdf project into some doable/trackable tasks on harfbuzz bug tracker or
>> are they just might not possible to solve because of ABI compatibility (or
>> fixed already)? Thanks
>>
>> (bcc'ed the author to this thread also)
>>
>
> Hi.
>
> I'd LOVE to see Harfbuzz fixed. It's a brilliant library, let down by this
> major flaw.
>
> My experience of fixing such issues in several projects is that fixing it
> in involves extensive, but ultimately simple, plumbing through of a context
> field.
>
> It's not brain surgery, but it's tedious, and it's not something I'd
> undertake myself without knowing in advance that it would stand a good
> chance of being accepted.
>
> I'd love to work with anyone that would be prepared to try to fix this.
>
> Sadly, I believe that such things would involve a break to the ABI
> though...
>
> (I fear this may bounce because I'm not on the harfbuzz list...)
>
> Robin
>
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