On 11 Mar 2016, Raimund Steger said: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:24:48 -0800 > Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I've started to convince myself that fontconfig should NOT by default cache >> the charset info of all fonts, and do so only lazily. This will solve most >> of the "caching is slow" issues... Needless to say, that's better done in > > I have mixed feelings about this. > > First of all, the "traditional" way to use fontconfig (with a prebuilt > cache that is aligned with the system font directory) is probably > *not* the main source of concern IF the stat issue is fixed (the > discussion in January). Conversely, I'm guessing if 2.12 ships with > that regression this might be the main source of new complaints, like > bug 94427. But this is really independent of any charset scanning. The stat issue has been relevant since about 2012, so it's hardly a *new* regression. :) -- NULL && (void) _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig
