[vlc-devel] commit: freetype: use a sane default font on OS X, so we don' t have to add ugly hacks to keep it working ( Felix Paul K??hne )

[Felix Kühne]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:02 PM,  <jpd at videolan.org> wrote:
> Sounds like a losing proposition: In the next version even more
> fonts will be converted and it'll be a toss up whether vlc's default
> choices still stand. Unless you have written assurances from the macos
> marketeering department they won't, and even then.

For VLC 1.1, the Mac port will have a 64bit compatible ATSU-free text
renderer, which will no longer depend on hard-coded paths. That's why,
freetype will no longer be needed and so are any hacks to keep it
working. :-)