Fontconfig Bug (#6046) [WAS: Re: [sugar] What's left for Update.1]

[Sayamindu Dasgupta]

Hi,

On Feb 1, 2008 8:41 AM, Jim Gettys <jg at laptop.org> wrote:
> For comment and discussion, here are the showstoppers I know of for
> getting Update.1 finished.  If you think there are others, please speak
> up now (and modify the subject line to start another thread).
>
> Activity developers: note we'll be asking you to upload updated
> activities to pick up all the recent flurry of translation work very
> soon.
>
>  1 - wireless firmware and driver support
>                 (to fix problems with WEP and WPA)
>  2 - q2d11 OFW - to fix battery problems
>  3 - update activities to pick up translation work, Spanish
>         in particular, but not missing other languages we may need.
>  4 - UI fix for registration with the school server.
> http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6136
>  5 - switch to gabble from salut at school.
>  6 -testing and fixing anything critical!
>

I think it would be a good idea to get the fix for issue #6046 (browse
is slow after update from ship.2 to update.1 or joyride) in Update.1,
since this particular bug makes Browse virtually unuseable for 3-4
hours after an upgrade from Ship.2.
The changes I made to fontconfig are minimal
(http://dev.laptop.org/attachment/ticket/6046/FcConfigUptoDate_fix.patch)
and a package (already in koji) has appeared in the joyride builds.
I'll probably request for an approval for inclusion into Update1
(ApprovalForUpdate) by tomorrow evening (IST).

Thanks,
Sayamindu

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Sayamindu Dasgupta
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