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  updating documentation to warn about potential binary compatibility problems

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  IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
  
    During development that followed the 2.1.4 release, some
    unfortunate changes to the source code did break *binary*
    compatibility of the library with previous releases. This had the
    potential to severely break any system where a version of FreeType
    was installed from recent CVS sources.
  
    We did undo the changes, and everything should be completely
    compatible now. However, due to other subtleties too long to be
    explained here, there may still be a tiny risk that the current
    sources break some rare applications.
  
    This package is thus FreeType 2.1.5 release candidate 1 and has
    been released for testing. If you install it on your system, please
    be certain to be able to install a previous version in the case
    where something would go wrong.
  
    We will make the official 2.1.5 release as soon as we're convinced
    that it will not break anything.
  
  
  IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
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    Special notes to Unix users
    ===========================
  
    Please  read  the file  "docs/UPGRADE.UNX".   It contains  important
    information regarding the installation  of FreeType on Unix systems,
    especially GNU based operating systems like GNU/Linux.
  
    FreeType 2's  library is called `libfreetype',  FreeType 1's library
    is called `libttf'.  They are *not* compatible!
  
  
    FreeType 2.1.5
    ==============
  
    Please read the docs/CHANGES file, it contains IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
  
    Read the files "docs/INSTALL" for installation instructions.
  
    Note  that  the FreeType  2  documentation  is  now available  as  a
    separate package from our sites.  See:
  
      ftp://ftp.freetype.org/pub/freetype2/ftdocs-2.1.5.tar.bz2
      ftp://ftp.freetype.org/pub/freetype2/ftdocs-2.1.5.tar.gz
      ftp://ftp.freetype.org/pub/freetype2/ftdoc215.zip
  
  
    Bugs
    ====
  
    Please report bugs by  e-mail to `devel@freetype.org'.  Don't forget
    to send  a detailed explanation of  the problem --  there is nothing
    worse  than receiving  a terse  message that  only says  "it doesn't
    work".
  
  
    Enjoy!
  
  
      The FreeType Team
  

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