Re: More on fontconfig and pango

[Steve Smith <tarka zip com au>]

> Then pango 1.1.x isn't ready for GARNOME... But how do we test GNOME 2.1.x
> without pango 1.1.x? We don't.

True.

> > You can force the libraries into ~/garnome, but it still installs stuff
> > outside of the garnome tree, in particular it seems to put config files in
> > /etc/fonts.

Sorry, I should say "expects config files in /etc/fonts".  The
/etc/fonts is hardcoded in fccfg.c.  That can be overridden from the
environment though.  But as is some paths in fontconfig are hardcoded. 
I don't know how much work it would be to fix that, I'm having a look
now.

> > This (to me anyway) breaks the garnome contract of not messing with the
> > existing setup.  Maybe for now you should remove fontconfig as part of
> > garnome and make it a pre-requirement as with docbook-xml?  Just 2 cents
> > AU.
> 
> Would do, but who is shipping it? Not really feasible.

Unless you say to install it by hand.  But I agree, that's not really a
favorite.

Steve