Bug#638761: gtkmathview: please remove t1lib dependency

[Michael Gilbert]

Sylvestre Ledru wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> > t1lib is slated to be removed (in favor of freetype) before wheezy ships
> > [0],[1]. This package is currently one of its reverse dependencies.
> > Please convert the package to use freetype.
> Are you considering a patch for gtkmathview like you did for other
> packages ?

I hadn't planned on it since this is more of a leaf package, which
won't have a too large of an impact if it ends up removed. However, I
just decided to look if it were an easy fix, and it looks like it's not.

On a quick glance, it looks like freetype is already being linked in
(via -lfreetype), but then again there is explicit code that includes
t1lib.h.  I'm not sure if that's easily removable.

I would do more to help, but I just don't have a lot of time to spend on
this. I would suggest talking to your upstream to determine whether
they handle freetype only, and if not pester them to do that.

Best wishes,
Mike