Call for help for stability and rewrite of FreeType

> Hi all
>
> I'm and I guess many of you are fedup about the instability that the
> FreeType plugin
> produces.
>
> So we need help because clement and esteban are fully booked.
>
> We have three options:
>
>
> Does anybody
>
>
> Stef

> (Ok so continuing with this superb gmail UI)
>
>
> - drop Freetype alltogether
> - rewrite the plugin
> - create a binding using raffaillac sketch
>
> Now we need help. Who is willing to help us?
> Should we try to set up a bounty?
>
> Stef
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Stephane Ducasse
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm and I guess many of you are fedup about the instability that the
>> FreeType plugin
>> produces.
>>
>> So we need help because clement and esteban are fully booked.
>>
>> We have three options:
>>
>>
>> Does anybody
>>
>>
>> Stef

> Stephane Ducasse-3 wrote
>> I suggest that we remove the FreeType plugin.
>
> How will that effect non-Latin users? For example, is it possible to work
> with Chinese characters without it?
>
>
>
> -----
> Cheers,
> Sean
> --
> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
>

> On Nov 5, 2017, at 11:05 PM, Ronie Salgado <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi Stef,
>
> I can try to continue what Thibault started. Give me two weeks.
>
> Best regards,
> Ronie
>
> 2017-11-05 18:10 GMT-03:00 Stephane Ducasse <[hidden email]>:
> Personally now I do not care because I cannot continue to work with a
> system that I have to save after every accept.
> This is totally insane.
> Thomas on Ubuntu CANNOT even open Pharo. I'm on mac.
> Pharo just crashes all the time for me.
> I just crashed before committing again! This bug is KILLING our credibility.
> I can also drop Pharo 60 70 and go to work in Pharo 50!
> But then do not count on me to improve anything on Pharo for a while
> (and may be this is the solution after all
> working on my own little programs is really tempting).
>
> Stef
>
> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:04 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Stephane Ducasse-3 wrote
> >> I suggest that we remove the FreeType plugin.
> >
> > How will that effect non-Latin users? For example, is it possible to work
> > with Chinese characters without it?
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Cheers,
> > Sean
> > --
> > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
> >
>
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