On 11/23/2011 11:37 AM, Marcus Moeller wrote: > Hi all. > >>>>>> As the patents for the Bytecode interpreter has been expired [1], I >>>>>> wonder if we could build freetype '--with bytecode_interpreter' set. >>>>>> >>>>>> Greets >>>>>> Marcus >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] http://www.freetype.org/patents.html >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Only if they build it that way in RHEL. >>>>> >>>> Wouldn't this be a candidate for the centosplus repo? >>>> >>>> You build other packages with options different to upstream in >>>> centosplus (e.g, postfix with mysql support enabled)? >>> We could do that if there is a need. >>> >>> Putting this in the upstream bugzilla might get it turned on for the >>> main distro. > > Ok, I am going to check if RHEL ships with Bytecode Interpreter already > active. If not, I am going to create an upstream BZ. > >> Until then it's a perfect candidate for centosplus. > > So centosplus may contain packages that are already in base? How is made > sure that these are taken? By higher Release Tags or just by > includes/excludes? We will add the .centos.plus "dist" tag, which will make it a higher than the other one for the same Name-Version-Release-Dist in the main repo. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20111123/e5bcf984/attachment-0005.sig>