Re: RFS: xpdf (updated package)
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].
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> [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.
Best wishes
Norbert
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