Subject: bug#34663: closed (Re: bug#34663: remove ftx font backend)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:00:02 +0000

Your bug report

#34663: remove ftx font backend

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#34663: remove ftx font backend
From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
To: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:59:27 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Please find below one patch for the emacs-27 and one for the master
>> branch with the requested NEWS entries.  WDYT?
>
> LGTM, thanks.
>
>> +** The ftx font backend driver is obsolete and will be removed in
>> +Emacs 28.                      ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> "is now obsolete"

Thanks, fixed the above and pushed both patches.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Subject: remove ftx font backend
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:39:13 -0500
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Package: emacs
Severity: wishlist
Version: 26.2

Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2019-02/msg00340.html