Re: Emacs antialiasing in X

[David Abrahams]

David Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:

> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 2006/1/18, David Abrahams <address@hidden>:
>>> > I've attached a diff from HEAD 2006-01-12 10:24 to the XFT branch (the
>>> > latest sync with head occurred then).  It is not that much.
>>>
>>> I could easily(?) apply this patch to emacs-unicode-2 myself, but I
>>> don't want to duplicate work if Miles is going to do it too.  So,
>>> Miles, what'll it be?
>>
>> My only concern is if any branch merging is done.
>>
>> If you want to apply this patch directly on the emacs-unicode-2
>> branch, and work there, then I've no reason to be involved (I dunno
>> whether that's acceptable to Kenichi et al though).
>
> I guess I would be slightly more comfortable if someone with more
> experience with the emacs codebase (like you) wanted to merge the two
> branches together.  It seems like a lot to ask, but you did volunteer
> :).  However, it sounds like it's a small thing so if you want to back
> out, I can probably manage.

So, Miles, I'm waiting on word from you about what you're going to do
here.

>> If you want to work on a new branch (derived from emacs-unicode-2),
>> and later merge it into emacs-unicode-2, then I'd like to be the one
>> that creates the new branch (and later merges it back into
>> emacs-unicode-2).
>>
>> So if it's the latter, give me the word, and I'll make a new
>> branch. 
>
> Well, that would keep me out of everyone's hair -- if someone will
> give me commit privileges, that is.  Who do I ask?  Otherwise I'll
> have to ask somebody to keep committing my intermediate work.

Also, I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me how to get commit
privileges (for a branch at least, if you have fine-grained control).

>> [Actually, probably the simplest thing to do is for me to make it a
>> clone of emacs-unicode-2, and let you apply Jan's patch.]
>
> Won't that make *more* work when things are integrated?

...not that I mind applying Jan's patch.

Thanks,

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