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| IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT |
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| During development that followed the 2.1.4 release, some |
| unfortunate changes to the source code did break *binary* |
| compatibility of the library with previous releases. This had the |
| potential to severely break any system where a version of FreeType |
| was installed from recent CVS sources. |
| |
| We did undo the changes, and everything should be completely |
| compatible now. However, due to other subtleties too long to be |
| explained here, there may still be a tiny risk that the current |
| sources break some rare applications. |
| |
| This package is thus FreeType 2.1.5 release candidate 1 and has |
| been released for testing. If you install it on your system, please |
| be certain to be able to install a previous version in the case |
| where something would go wrong. |
| |
| We will make the official 2.1.5 release as soon as we're convinced |
| that it will not break anything. |
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| IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT |
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| Special notes to Unix users |
| =========================== |
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| Please read the file "docs/UPGRADE.UNX". It contains important |
| information regarding the installation of FreeType on Unix systems, |
| especially GNU based operating systems like GNU/Linux. |
| |
| FreeType 2's library is called `libfreetype', FreeType 1's library |
| is called `libttf'. They are *not* compatible! |
| |
| |
| FreeType 2.1.5 |
| ============== |
| |
| Please read the docs/CHANGES file, it contains IMPORTANT INFORMATION. |
| |
| Read the files "docs/INSTALL" for installation instructions. |
| |
| Note that the FreeType 2 documentation is now available as a |
| separate package from our sites. See: |
| |
| ftp://ftp.freetype.org/pub/freetype2/ftdocs-2.1.5.tar.bz2 |
| ftp://ftp.freetype.org/pub/freetype2/ftdocs-2.1.5.tar.gz |
| ftp://ftp.freetype.org/pub/freetype2/ftdoc215.zip |
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| Bugs |
| ==== |
| |
| Please report bugs by e-mail to `devel@freetype.org'. Don't forget |
| to send a detailed explanation of the problem -- there is nothing |
| worse than receiving a terse message that only says "it doesn't |
| work". |
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| Enjoy! |
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| The FreeType Team |
