* Mike Hommey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 09:54:48PM -0500, Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Package: firefox > > > Version: 1.5.dfsg-2 > > > Followup-For: Bug #309995 > > > > > > As of 1.5.dfsg-2, the rendering problem for Indic scripts is still > > > present. I think the earlier presumption that version 1.1 (which > > > AFAIK has been numbered 1.5 instead) would have the proper settings > > > enabled by default never panned out... or perhaps the Debian > > > developers are turning those settings off when they build firefox. > > > > > > I moreover submit that this bug should be at least at the "normal" > > > severity level. No one here is asking that new functionality be added > > > (the functionality is already present but turned off), nor has > > > evidence been provided that the bug is "very difficult to fix due to > > > major design considerations." (Quote from the explanation of severity > > > levels at:http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities > > > <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities>.) Also the fact > > > that Sunil was able to build it and that Ubuntu apparently also has a > > > properly built package indicates that there is nothing "very > > > difficult" here. > > > > Wait, I see what's happening. The pango support is disabled by default > > in the runner script. I'm not sure why (Mike can you comment?), but if > > you put MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=Y in your /etc/firefox/firefoxrc or > > ~/.mozilla/firefox/rc and it should be enabled. > > Actually, this is more a question of why I enabled it in the build. And > the reason why I enabled it is for people who really need it to be able > to use it. Now, upstream binaries are not built upon pango, and I got > some strange issues with the pango build myself, so while I enabled the > build, i disabled it at runtime and proposed a way to specifically > enable it for those who really want to.
Right, but what sort of problems did you see? If it's the only way to support some languages, maybe we should look at it more. Or at least file bugs on the problems you found. -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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