libttf2 (FreeType 1) for Debian
-------------------------------

Note, this is FreeType 1, _not_ FreeType 2.  The "2" in "freetype2"
is the major soname of FreeType 1's "libttf" shared library
(libttf, soname 2).

FreeType 2 (libfreetype, soname 6) has arrived.  According to the FAQ,

    The FreeType 2 API is a lot simpler than the one in 1.x while being
    much more powerful. We thus encourage you to adapt your source code
    to it as this should not involve much work.

So please try your best to help migrate your software to FreeType 2.

Fortunately, both FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 can co-exist with no
namespace conflicts. However, the source package names must be
distinguished in Debian.  So, to make things less confusing, I've
decided the following names for the FreeType packages in Debian woody:

  FreeType 1:
      Source package: freetype1_1.4pre.*.orig.tar.gz    (for FreeType 1)
     library package: libttf2_1.4pre.*-?              (libttf, soname 2)
       devel package: libttf-dev_1.4pre-?             (libttf, soname 2)

  FreeType 2:
      Source package: freetype_2.0.x.orig.tar.gz        (current version)
     library package: libfreetype6_2.0.x-?        (libfreetype, soname 6)
       devel package: libfreetype6-dev_2.0.x-?    (libfreetype, soname 6)

Simple, non?

Enjoy!  :-)

 -- Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>, Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:20:21 -0600
				   Mon, 19 Nov 2001 02:20:41 +0800