[webkit-efl] Dropping support for the pango network backend.

[Dominik Röttsches]

Hi Ryuan,

On 05/15/2012 10:22 AM, ryuan Choi wrote:
> We've supported freetype and pango backend as font backend of webkit-efl.
>
> However, pango backend can not render well because of missing features 
> and webkit-efl builds with freetype by default.
> Does anyone need pango backend?
> If possible, I will remove font backend selection checks and just use 
> freetype backend with FontPango.cpp for the complex font.
>
> Related bug is https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86369

I remember Martin Robinson prefers to not mix those backends and wait 
for his HarfBuzz support to be merged. I asked him on IRC and he has a 
preliminary patch that he's planning to upstream soon. See also 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83275

Dominik
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