Pango for BiDi

[Shachar Shemesh]

Jonathan Wilson wrote:

>> Maybe we can get our supplied packages to be BiDi enabled, but so 
>> long as we use ICU, and ICU has this horrible linking policy, we 
>> can't really 
>
> What linking policy?
>
> I checked the IBM ICU website (http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/ and 
> specifically 
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/cvs/icu/~checkout~/icu/license.html and it 
> appears to be under the X11 licence which is GPL compatible.
>
> IANAL but unless there is something I missed, I see no reason why 
> debian couldnt include ICU (and hence WINE with ICU support) in the 
> debian package system.
>
The problem is not a legal one. The problem is a technological one. ICU 
is mangling the library's version into the symbols, making it impossible 
to dynamically link the library. As a result, most distros don't carry 
ICU as a package.

             Shachar