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[PATCH] Haiku port (again)

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Message #16 received at 51658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 51658 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51658: [PATCH] Haiku port (again)
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:33:31 +0800

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> I'm fine with removing the ftbe backend, but I would prefer to keep the
> haikufont backend working.  The reason is that Haiku users might not
> have Cairo installed, and it likes to break every now and then, as it's
> not considered important for that platform.

Actually, I now recall another problem with the Cairo font backend,
which is that it can't support color-mapped visuals.  This is a
limitation of how Cairo and Haiku define color mapping differently.

So I don't think it's good to remove ftbe anymore, either.  Thanks.

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