rfc cairo API update for 4.0.3

Mon Nov 7 09:54:00 GMT 2005

--- Andreas Tobler wrote:
> I heared about complaints gcc-4.0.x not being able
> to build with cairo 
> >=0.5. I can confirm since I run cairo-1.0.2 :)
>> The rfc I have now, would it make sense to
> 'backport' the cairo bits to 
> 4.0.x ? Or shall we simply say nop?

Technically, this is a feature. Doing this could
introduce new regressions.
>> The pros are that distros complain, so we could calm
> them down :) 
> Regarding build issues.

But there are other free java implementations they
could use, note GCJ is not the only one! 
Besides distros could backport it themselves if they
want to, nothing is stopping them.

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