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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:47:38 -0500
> 
> >> Every GNU/Linux distribution provides Xft.
> > Thanks.  What about non-GNU Posix hosts that run X?
> 
> AFAIK the issue isn't GNU-vs-other but old-X vs new-X.  Xft is basically
> part of what is expected of a recent enough X11 installation.  We could
> drop ftx support from `master`s `configure` and see if anyone notices.

We need to disable it by default first.  Then, if no one complains, we
could remove it after some time.