[Mageia-dev] [RPM] 1 tainted/updates_testing freetype2-2.4.6-0.1.mga1.tainted

[Samuel Verschelde]

Le mardi 2 août 2011 13:23:12, Mageia Team a écrit :
> Name        : freetype2                    Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 2.4.6                             Vendor: Mageia.Org
> Release     : 0.1.mga1.tainted              Build Date: Tue Aug  2 12:57:34
> 2011 Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: ecosse
> Group       : System/Libraries              Source RPM: (none)
> Size        : 1764860                          License: FreeType
> License/GPL Signature   : (none)
> Packager    : Mageia Team <http://www.mageia.org>
> URL         : http://www.freetype.org/
> Summary     : A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine
> Description :
> The FreeType2 engine is a free and portable TrueType font rendering engine.
> It has been developed to provide TT support to a great variety of
> platforms and environments. Note that FreeType2 is a library, not a
> stand-alone application, though some utility applications are included
> 
> 
> This package is in the "tainted" section because it has subpixel hinting
> enabled which is covered by software patents.
> 
> fwang <fwang> 2.4.6-0.1.mga1:
> + Revision: 131330
> - new version 2.4.6 (fix CVE-2011-0226)
> - drop merged autohint patch
> 
>   + ahmad <ahmad>
>     - Enable tainted build
>     - Adapt the package(s) descriptions

I haven't seen a bug report assigned to the QA team for update validation. Did 
you forget it or is the update candidate not ready ?

See http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=updates_policy

Best regards

Samuel