Re: RFS: xpdf (updated package)
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:13:11 +0900 Norbert Preining wrote:
> On So, 06 Jun 2010, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> > The problem is that interfaces used by software like texlive, cups,
> > inkscape or pdf2djvu are considered private by poppler developers[2].
> [...]
> > [2] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7054
>
> So, that means for me that:
> - I will stop compiling TeX Live including surrounding programs with
> poppler but use the built in xpdf library
> - security team will have loads of pain to support, but I cannot
> care for that
> - I will actively try to *REMOVE* support for poppler in upstream
> TeX Live and surrounding binaries, as it is anyway useless
>
> If this is the way poppler is going ... so it be.
Could we instead try to collaborate between xpdf and texlive? I only
had to apply four small few-line patches to get xpdf with poppler
working, which isn't that overburdensome. I can do this for future
breakages, and hand over the patches; that way you don't have to do too
much work.
Mike
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