Re: [PATCH] gdi32: Ask for a newer FreeType version

[Alexandre Julliard]

Detlef Riekenberg  writes:
> @@ -3686,7 +3686,8 @@ static BOOL init_freetype(void)
>          WINE_MESSAGE(
>        "Wine cannot find the FreeType font library.  To enable Wine to\n"
>        "use TrueType fonts please install a version of FreeType greater than\n"
> -
>  "or equal to 2.0.5.\n"
> -
>  "or equal to 2.1.4.\n"
> -
>  "(Fonts with vertical metrics need at least version 2.4 of FreeType)\n"
>  "http://www.freetype.org\n");
> return FALSE;
>    }
>
> @@ -3749,6 +3750,7 @@ sym_not_found:
>        "Wine cannot find certain functions that it needs inside the FreeType\n"
>        "font library.  To enable Wine to use TrueType fonts please upgrade\n"
>        "FreeType to at least version 2.1.4.\n"
> -
>  "(Fonts with vertical metrics need at least version 2.4 of FreeType)\n"

That's not useful. There are probably very few users who still have such
an old Freetype, and even if they do, telling them about vertical
metrics will only confuse them.