Patch which fixes bug #6703377 (font outline transformation)

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

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> >> Upstream has resolved this bug using another method:
> >> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/2d/jdk/rev/7fba83f5f5e0
> >>
> >> Is your patch fixing the exact same problem? Do you think it might be
> >> worth it to switch to upstream's fix?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Omair
> >
> > Hi Omair,
> >
> > AFAIK the upstream patch you mentioned is already included in IcedTea6,
> > but it is itself does not sufficient to resolve this bug when negative
> > coordinates are used.
> >
> 
> Ok. I was mislead because the icedtea patch was (re)using the same bug 
> number. I have updated the jdk 6 patch web page [1] to reflect this. Any 
> chance you could push this upstream? If this is a problem in IcedTea6, 
> it will likely affect IcedTea7 (and IcedTea8 soon).
> 

Yes I've mentioned this before with a previous patch Pavel added.
Please do not use OpenJDK bug IDs unless it is actually a backport of
*that exact fix*.  If you really have to refer to the bug ID, make
it clear in the naming of the patch and in the ChangeLog.

> Thanks,
> Omair
> 
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea_JDK6_Patches

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