[tex-live] Fontconfig for XeTeX versus regular fontconfig

[Martin Schröder]

2011/10/27 auxsvr <auxsvr at gmail.com>:
> Martin Schröder wrote:
> Well, then is there any reason to use xetex at all? Would switching to
> LuaTeX or pdfTeX lead to fewer problems? Are they more actively maintained?

As of now polyglossia works only with XeLaTeX.

LuaTeX is actively developed while XeTeX is IMHO not really
maintained.

http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/36/5763

Disclaimer: I'm a close friend of the LuaTeX team. :-)

Best
   Martin