RFR: 8193017: Import freetype sources into OpenJDK source tree

[Sergey Bylokhov]

Ok, looks fine.

On 09/03/2018 15:52, Philip Race wrote:
> It is correct as is ..
> 
> -phil.
> 
> On 3/9/18, 3:49 PM, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
>> I am not an expert here, but the LICENSE.TXT is a little bit different.
>> It states that "This means  that *you* must choose  *one* of the  two 
>> licenses described below,.....".
>> So I do not know should we select the license and provide the text 
>> only for one or for both.
>>
>> On 09/03/2018 15:28, Philip Race wrote:
>>> Just to be clear, I mean we don't import it to each of the source files.
>>> But it is there in the file legal/freetype.md in this webrev.
>>>
>>> On 3/9/18, 3:26 PM, Philip Race wrote:
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>>
>>>> -phil.
>>>>
>>>> On 3/9/18, 3:23 PM, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
>>>>> Hi, Phil
>>>>> Headers of the new files refer to LICENSE.TXT. Should we import it 
>>>>> as well?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/03/2018 14:10, Phil Race wrote:
>>>>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8193017
>>>>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prr/8193017/index.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This fix is will make building openjdk somewhat easier as it removes
>>>>>> the dependence on an OpenJDK developer on Windows or Mac going
>>>>>> off and downloading and building freetype source themselves .. or
>>>>>> using XQuartz on Mac etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It also means it will be somewhat easier for updating official 
>>>>>> OpenJDK
>>>>>> builds to use a more modern freetype. The pre-compiled binary is a 
>>>>>> pain
>>>>>> inside Oracle too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Linux and Solaris platforms the build will still default to using
>>>>>> the system installed freetype library. However this can easily be
>>>>>> over-ridden by adding  a configure parameter : 
>>>>>> --with-freetype=bundled
>>>>>> The other valid option being "system" which, is of however never 
>>>>>> not valid
>>>>>> on Windows  or Mac. So --with-freetype include is no longer a path.
>>>>>> The auto-discovery of the location of system library and headers has
>>>>>> worked for me on Solaris and OEL/RHEL as well as Ubuntu 17.10
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But just in case it doesn't you can also still use
>>>>>> --with-freetype-include and --with-freetype-lib
>>>>>> which must both be specified and imply --with-freetype=system
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The docs have been updated to remove discussion of the obsoleted 
>>>>>> requirements
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sharp eyes will also notice that it now makes Freetype the 
>>>>>> preferred rasteriser
>>>>>> over the closed source T2K, even for Oracle JDK builds :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prr/8193017/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/font/FontScaler.java.sdiff.html 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since freetype != t2k there *will* be some very minor 
>>>>>> rasterization differences.
>>>>>> Such cases are likely not a bug, but a feature :-)
>>>>>> Since we previously and now mostly used GDI for LCD text on 
>>>>>> Windows and
>>>>>> also generally defer to CoreText on Mac, the importance of the 
>>>>>> differences
>>>>>> may not be great.
>>>>>> But if you see any really bad rendering (I haven't) let me know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> make/devkit/createMacosxDevkit6.sh is an empty diff  .. I was
>>>>>> proposing to remove the devkit references to freetype but it was 
>>>>>> suggested
>>>>>> to leave that alone for now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 99% of the change is simply importing the freetype 2.9 files "as is"
>>>>>> The UPDATING.txt file provides some background on the import process.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have built this every-which-way and tested it too .. it is of 
>>>>>> course possible
>>>>>> there's a problem I've missed so try it out yourself if you can.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -phil.
>>>>>>
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Best regards, Sergey.