xc/lib/font/FreeType/ in "XORG-RELEASE-1"-branch differs fromXfree86 trunk...

[Egbert Eich]

Daniel Stone writes:
 > If it means interface stability over a small performance hit, it's
 > worthwhile. Having a forked version of FreeType is 'completely
 > unacceptable', and we must stick to its public APIs.
 > 

Could it be that you are so quick in 'accepting' this performance penalty
because you will most likely never run into this problem?

 > Some APIs are private for a reason. As Keith alluded to, what if we make
 > our own private APIs - again, for a reason - and a whole bunch of people
 > use them willy-nilly? We haven't got a leg to stand on, because we've
 > been pirating people's private APIs for ages.
 > 
 > The solution is to convince FreeType upstream just how good this patch

Right.

 > is, so they can add the relevant bits to the public API. Until then,
 > your patch gets a very, very strong no from me.

I don't think you should even vote on things if you don't understand
the consequences that others may have.
I'll look into a way to make both worlds happy as much as possible.

Egbert.