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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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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
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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
Bugs
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Please report bugs by e-mail to `[email protected]'. 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".
Enjoy!
The FreeType Team