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@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@ +Overview of changes leading to 0.9.18 +Tuesday, May 28, 2013 +===================================== + +New build system: + +- All unneeded code is all disabled by default, + +- Uniscribe and CoreText shapers can be enabled with their --with options, + +- icu_le and old shapers cannot be enabled for now, + +- glib, freetype, and cairo will be detected automatically. + They can be force on/off'ed with their --with options, + +- icu and graphite2 are default off, can be enabled with their --with + options, + +Moreover, ICU support is now build into a separate library: +libharfbuzz-icu.so, and a new harfbuzz-icu.pc is shipped for it. +Distros can enable ICU now without every application on earth +getting linked to via libharfbuzz.so. + +For distros I recommend that they make sure they are building --with-glib +--with-freetype --with-cairo, --with-icu, and optionally --with-graphite2; +And package harfbuzz and harfbuzz-icu separately. + + Overview of changes leading to 0.9.17 Monday, May 20, 2013 ===================================== |