[Ubuntu] Mapserver build without fribidi support

[Alan Boudreault]

Jochen,

Please fill a wishlist bug on DebianGIS BTS: 
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis/BugsReporting

Alan

On October 8, 2009 10:22:14 am Alan Boudreault wrote:
> will verify if that optional module is viable, license etc..
> 
> On October 8, 2009 09:09:57 am Jochen Topf wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 08:39:21AM -0400, Alan Boudreault wrote:
> > > Personnally, I don't think this add would be valuable to be included in
> > > the debian package. There are probably a few other options that aren't
> > > compiled by default but much more used by users.
> >
> > Then include those, too.
> >
> > > Hope you understand my point. I would suggest you send an email on the
> > > debianGIS mailing list to see their opinion.
> >
> > No, I don't understand your point. How can I understand it when you have
> >  given no reason except that you think its not valuable when clearly
> > there are people out there who could use this functionality. About
> > everybody making OpenStreetMap maps for instance, they are full of
> > Hewbrew and Arabic texts. And I haven't heard any reason why including it
> > would be problematic.
> >
> > I applaud all the work that you and others put into maintaining those
> >  packages. Wouldn't it make sense to make them useful to as many people
> > as possible?
> >
> > Jochen
> 

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