[Mageia-dev] why not disable bytecode interpreter in freetype2 ?

Thu May 12 02:33:54 CEST 2011

2011/5/11 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
+> On 11 May 2011 14:03, Zé <mmodem00 at gmail.com> wrote:
+>> Yes i also agree that should exist this option, and AFAIK when patents
+>> were still active, it was needed to turn bytecode interpreter, and in
+>> that time fonts were smooth, speacially for whos used to use small
+>> fonts, but even for who uses bigger fonts, its always better to not
+>> have bytecode interpreter
+>
+> How do you know what would look better for those who use bigger fonts
+> if you use small fonts yourself? :)
+
+I also can change to bigger fonts...
+
+> How do you know what would look better for other users who use small
+> fonts but different types of monitors, have different eyesight, i.e.
+> different preferences of how fonts looks best in their eyes?
+
+Until bytecode interpreter wasnt enabled, there wasnt complains about
+how fonts look.
+
+So can you explain why werent there complain untill bytecode was enabled?
+Seams you only know to say that i dont know how fonts looks best in
+other users eyes, well seams obvious, no?
+Else wouldnt be there any complain.
+
+>> (by the way, still in mandriva 2010.1
+>> bytecode interpreter was off).
+>>
+>
+> Because the patent hadn't expired yet when 2010.1 was released, and
+> 2010.1 still uses freetype2-2.3.12 (and no one enabled the BCI after
+> the patent expired).
+
+Thats was to show that until there werent any complains about font
+rendering, and that all started when bytecode interpreter was enabled
+(im not discussing patents)
+
+>> 2011/5/11 Dimitrios Glentadakis <dglent at gmail.com>:
+>>> Στις Τετάρτη 11 Μάιος 2011 05:57:07 Zé γράψατε:
+>>>> In mandriva sincepatent expiration in freetype, fonts display wasnt
+>>>> smoth anymore and appeared ugly fonts, this used to exist just in
+>>>> plf..
+>>>>
+>>>> But since theres no patents issues pending, why not old rendering
+>>>> algorithms by default (disable bytecode interpreter), that way fonts
+>>>> will have a better rendering and look.
+>>>>
+>>>> This is most true for guys that are used to use small fonts, for
+>>>> example im used to use Sans size 8, like its now in mageia, they dont
+>>>> look very good and also appear smaller that if using bytecode
+>>>> interpreter disabled, so to be able to have a good rendering font
+>>>> look, i always repackage freetype2.
+>>>>
+>>>> Why not Mageia start using also bytecode interpreter disabled by default?
+>>>>
+>>>
+>>>
+>>> I reported a wish here:
+>>> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240
+>>>
+>>>
+>>>
+>>> --
+>>> Dimitrios Glentadakis
+>>>
+>>
+>>
+>>
+>> --
+>> Zé
+>>
+>
+>
+>
+> --
+> Ahmad Samir
+>
+
+
+
+-- 
+Zé
+