[RFC] backport opentype font support from openjdk6 to icedtea6 1.9

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 22:55 Mon 09 Aug     , Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> On 10:09 Mon 09 Aug     , Omair Majid wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I would like to backport OpenType font support from OpenJDK6 to 
> > Icedtea6-1.9. Patches corresponding to the following two changesets will 
> > need to be added to icedtea6:
> > 
> > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/b577c70564b8
> > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/acb763ebef95
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Omair
> 
> Sounds sensible.  Please note that patches for 1.9 require approval on
> the list before commit.  I presume you are also going to commit this to
> HEAD as well.
> 
> Backports should be stored in patches/openjdk/<bugid>-<summary>.patch
> for ease of removal when they appear upstream.
> 
> Does this fix any bugs in the IcedTea or Red Hat bugzilla as well?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Andrew :)
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Having now reviewed the changesets, I don't think this is suitable for 1.9
as it seems to add a new feature rather than fixing a bug, making significant
changes to TTorT1Filter to do so.  Is there a specific reason for wanting it
in 1.9?

The native changes only apply to Windows platforms.  Does this actually
change things on GNU/Linux systems?

Thanks,
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