Re: Bug#481134: libpoppler does not use cmap files from xpdf-{japanese,...}, and fails to parse Japanese PDF files.

[Deng Xiyue <manphiz-guest@users.alioth.debian.org>]

在 2008-08-23六的 11:39 +1000，Hamish Moffatt写道：
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:51:36AM -0700, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> > > > I'm a bit worried that this needs to be fixed for 
> > > > xpdf-chinese-simplified
> > > > xpdf-chinese-traditional
> > > > xpdf-korean
> > > > xpdf-japanese
> > > > 
> > > > packages. The fix would probably be simple. It should probably be
> > > > hardlinks rather than symlinks considering dpkg behavior wrt symlinked
> > > > dirs.
> > > 
> > > You can't hardlink directories though, so we might as well symlink the
> > > individual files.
> > > 
> > > > I'd like this fix included in lenny so that we don't see a regression
> > > > in Debian for Japanese users.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > There was a package in the NEW queue 'poppler-data' which should
> > > > really have fixed this bug.
> > > > http://ftp-master.debian.org/new/poppler-data_0.2.0-1.html
> > > > 
> > > > That going into Debian sid would fix this bug also, but not quite sure
> > > > if it's reasonable to expect a new package to enter Debian lenny.
> > > 
> > > I kinda think it's in poppler's domain to fix this; logically
> > > xpdf-japanese (etc) exists only to enhance xpdf. poppler-data appears to
> > > be a good solution.
> > 
> > 1. poppler was theoretically self-contained, poppler-data was REJECTed
> > once and not yet part of non-free as of today.
> > 
> > 2. Japanese users upgrading from etch would have xpdf-japanese
> > installed because evince (poppler) needed and used xpdf-japanese, and
> > natural upgrade path would be xpdf-japanese supporting poppler.
> > 
> > These factors make adding support in poppler somewhat reasonable.
> 
> If the release managers would approve an update to xpdf-japanese I am
> happy to upload a new version including your patch, or for you to NMU
> the package.
> 

Which means the same should be done in
xpdf-{chinese-{simplified,tranditional},korean} as well, and all will be
unnecessary once poppler-data get accepted.  I kind of think that's not
a good way to deal with it.  But well, just my 2 cents.

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Regards,
Deng Xiyue, a.k.a. manphiz