HarfBuzz 13.0.0 released with new experimental features: `hb-vector` for vector output of glyph outlines to SVG and `hb-raster` for rasterizing glyphs to A8 / BGRA32 images, among other features. I would like to welcome our new contributors: Claude & Codex, without whom these new features would not have been possible. https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/13.0.0
With all the news of major #FOSS projects having fallen to LLM slop lately, I wonder if it's time for a #noai distro. Only slop-free software (or forks with the slop patched out) allowed in the package repositories.
https://docs.postmarketos.org/policies-and-processes/development/ai-policy.html
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/AI_policy
I believe alpine linux is also considering this position.
New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD's licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD. https://www.NetBSD.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html
David Gerard
Lucas
Umbrella