On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:31, Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com> wrote:
Package: gnome-core Version: 1:47+6 X-Debbugs-CC: debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org I propose that we switch gnome-core to depend on papers instead of evince for Debian Trixie. Background --------------- Papers had its first release in May 2024. Papers was forked from Evince after the Papers developers were frustrated that they were unable to get their merge requests into Evince, particularly a switch from gtk3 to gtk4 and a partial rewrite in Rust. Since then, Evince has yet to switch to gtk4 even in its development branch (despite merge requests being available). Evince has had much less development than Papers: in number of contributors, number of commits, and number of new features. My strongest argument to switch is that Papers is better maintained. Brief Feature Comparison -------- - Papers generally has the same features as Evince. - Papers does not support the DVI, PostScript or XPS formats. You can use imagemagick to convert those documents to PDF. - Papers does not have bookmarks support which is different from table of contents links for PDFs which have those. The Notes feature is similar to bookmarks. - Papers has improved Night Mode and has added digital signature verification. The UI is a bit confusing but you can also use Papers to sign PDFs if you have certificates such as those present in Spain's national ID cards.
Hi,I tried papers for a bit, and so far it LGTM. I had some weird quirks where the pdf would hang, but I haven't had time to debug. Another point to consider is papers having better linux mobile usability. That being said, I think this is a resonable switch.
best, werdahias
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