[R-pkg-team] Bug#948804: ITP: r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz -- GNU R deterministic computation of text box metrics

[Andreas Tille]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

Subject: ITP: r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz -- GNU R deterministic computation of text box metrics
Package: wnpp
Owner: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
  Version         : 0.2.5
  Upstream Author : Lionel Henry,
* URL             : https://cran.r-project.org/package=freetypeharfbuzz
* License         : GPL-3
  Programming Lang: GNU R
  Description     : GNU R deterministic computation of text box metrics
 Unlike other tools that dynamically link to the 'Cairo'
 stack, 'freetypeharfbuzz' is statically linked to specific
 versions of the 'FreeType' and 'harfbuzz' libraries (2.9 and 1.7.6
 respectively). This ensures deterministic computation of text box
 extents for situations where reproducible results are crucial (for
 instance unit tests of graphics).

Remark: This package is maintained by Debian R Packages Maintainers at
   https://salsa.debian.org/r-pkg-team/r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz