[MPlayer-dev-eng] mencoder and freetype

[Ivan Kalvachev]

2006/7/1, Chris Roccati <roccati at pobox.com>:
>
> On 1 Jul 2006, at 16:13 , Ivan Kalvachev wrote:
>
> > 2006/7/1, Chris Roccati <roccati at pobox.com>:
> >> Hello,
> >> some recent change in the SVN has imposed to mcoder a dependence on
> >> freetype: instead of using libvo/libvo.a, mencoder directly depends
> >> on libvo/font_load_ft.c (etc) causing the build to fail if freetype
> >> is disabled or not available. Is this an accident or a design choice?
>
> > Many people use mencoder to embed subtitles.
>
> Many people do not. Making mencoder unbuildable without FreeType on
> this basis does not sound a wise choice.
>
> > It is done by "export" filter.
> > Rejected.
>
> As the subject didn't say [PATCH] this wasn't a patch proposal: Given
> the fact that just a few revisions ago this didn't happen it looked
> like it was some kind of mistake.

When you have real fix for the bug you are welcome to send it here.
Until then, use the proper channels to send proper bug report.