FreeType 2 for Debian
---------------------

Hurray!  FreeType 2 is finally here!  :-)  The "6" in the package name
"libfreetype6" is the major soname of FreeType 2's libfreetype.

According to the FreeType 2 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.

FreeType 2.x can co-exist peacefully with FreeType 1.x with no namespace
conflicts.  However, the source package names must be distinguished in
Debian.  So, to truly conform with the library naming convention outlined
in the Debian Policy, I've decided the following names for the FreeType
packages in Debian 3.0:

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

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

Simple, non?

Enjoy!  :-)

 -- Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>, Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:07:16 -0600
