Thanks.
+1 on the case as specified.
- Garrett
Sonam Gupta wrote:
> Hi Garrett,
>
> No incompatibilities are introduced by this upgrade.
>
> The upgrade is required because of the following reasons:
> 1. A number of bugs addressed in esp-gs-8.15 have been being fixed in
> ghostscript-8.64
> 2. Evince needing libgs.so
>
> For this integration we need micro binding.
>
> Let me know if you have more questions.
>
> Regards,
> Sonam
>
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> I'd like to understand what incompatibilities, if any, are introduced
>> by this. I'm inclined to +1 this for integration into a minor
>> release, but I'm surprised that Patch binding is sought. If there
>> are an incompatibilities, I'd be disinclined to approve for Patch
>> binding without strong justification (which I don't see below.)
>>
>> Also, what researching on the web seems to indicate is that the ESP
>> Ghostscript project has ceased, and been folded into GPL Ghostscript.
>> - Garrett
>>
>> Daniel Hain wrote:
>>> I'm submitting this fasttrack for Sonam Gupta to update the existing
>>> ESP Ghostscript with the latest GPL Ghostscript. The project is
>>> seeking patch binding for implementation in S10. Timeout is
>>> 01/15/2010.
>>>
>>> - Dan
>>>
>>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
>>> This information is Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems
>>> 1. Introduction
>>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>>> Upgrade GPL Ghostscript to version 8.64
>>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>>> Author: Sonam Gupta
>>> 1.3 Date of This Document:
>>> 08 January, 2010
>>> 4. Technical Description
>>> Project Description:
>>>
>>> This project replaces ESP Ghostscript(version 8.15.4) with the
>>> latest version, now called GPL Ghostscript (version 8.64).
>>>
>>> Technical Description:
>>>
>>> Ghostscript (gs) is a set of software that provides:
>>>
>>> * An interpreter for the PostScriptTM language and the Adobe
>>> Portable Document Format (PDF -- sometimes confused with Acrobat,
>>> Adobe's PDF browser and editor product);
>>> * Input modules (utilities) for reading a variety of raster
>>> formats,
>>> including CMYK, GIF, JFIF (JPEG), MIFF, PBM/PGM/PPM, and PCX;
>>> * Output modules (drivers) for a wide variety of window systems
>>> (including X Windows and Microsoft Windows), raster file formats,
>>> and printers, as well as a PDF output module that implements
>>> functions similar to Adobe's AcrobatTM DistillerTM product; and
>>> * The Ghostscript library, a set of procedures to implement the
>>> graphics and filtering capabilities that are primitive operations
>>> in the PostScript language and in PDF.
>>>
>>> This fasttrack will upgrade ESP Ghostscript(version 8.15.4) to
>>> GPL Ghostscript (version 8.64)
>>>
>>> As part of the upgrade to Ghostscript 8.64, we will be
>>> delivering the development interfaces, available in the
>>> Ghostscript distribution, for third party open source
>>> applications to be able to take advantage of.
>>> These interfaces are a required component of more recent desktop
>>> applications like Evince.
>>>
>>> This project's release binding is Patch.
>>>
>>> Interfaces:
>>>
>>> The following contain the list of interfaces imported and exported.
>>>
>>> Exported Interfaces
>>> ===================
>>> Interface Name Classification Comments
>>> --------------------------- -------------------
>>> ---------------------------
>>> /usr/sfw/lib/libgs.so Volatile
>>> Ghostscript shared library
>>> /usr/sfw/lib/libgs.so.8 Volatile
>>> Ghostscript shared library
>>> /usr/sfw/lib/libgs.so.8.64 Volatile
>>> Ghostscript shared library
>>> /usr/sfw/include/ghostscript Volatile
>>> Ghostscript header files directory
>>> /usr/sfw/include/ghostscript/iapi.h Volatile
>>> Ghostscript header files
>>> /usr/sfw/include/ghostscript/ierrors.h Volatile
>>> Ghostscript header files
>>> /usr/sfw/include/ghostscript/gdevdsp.h Volatile
>>> Ghostscript header files
>>> /usr/sfw/bin/gsx Volatile GTK+
>>> frontend to libgs.so
>>> /usr/sfw/bin/gsc Volatile
>>> command-line frontend to libgs.so
>>> /usr/sfw/bin/gs Volatile gs binary
>>> Ghostscript "wrapper" scripts
>>> =============================
>>> Interface Classification
>>> Comments
>>> --------- ---------------- ----------
>>> bdftops Volatile Convert BDF fonts to
>>> outline form
>>> dumphint Volatile print (to stdout) linearized
>>> PDF hint tables in an
>>> easy-to-read form
>>> dvipdf Volatile convert Tex DVI files to PDF
>>> eps2eps Volatile Ghostscript PS optimizer
>>> fixmswrd.pl Volatile Patches postscript generated
>>> by MS Word printer drivers so
>>> they work with Ghostview 1.5
>>> font2c Volatile Converts PS Type 0 or 1 font
>>> to C code that can be
>>> gsbj Volatile Format & print text for
>>> BubbleJet printer using GS
>>> gsdj Volatile Format & print text for
>>> DeskJet printer using GS
>>> gsdj500 Volatile Format & print text for
>>> DeskJet 500 printer using GS
>>> gslj Volatile Format & print text for
>>> LaserJet printer using GS
>>> gslp Volatile Format & print text using
>>> ghostscript
>>> gsnd Volatile Run ghostscript without
>>> display
>>> pdf2dsc Volatile Converts PDF to DSC
>>> pdf2ps Volatile Converts PDF to PS
>>> pdfopt Volatile A PDF optimizer
>>> pf2afm Volatile Produces AFM from PFA, PFB,
>>> PFM files
>>> pfbtopfa Volatile Convert PFB to PFA
>>> pphs Volatile printing the Primary Hint
>>> Stream of a linearized PDF file.
>>> printafm Volatile Print AFM on stdout
>>> ps2ascii Volatile ASCII from PS files
>>> ps2epsi Volatile Convert PS to EPSI
>>> ps2pdf Volatile Convert PS to PDF
>>> ps2pdf12 Volatile Convert PS to PDF 1.2
>>> ps2pdf13 Volatile Convert PS to PDF 1.3
>>> ps2pdf14 Volatile Convert PS to PDF 1.4
>>> ps2pdfwr Volatile Convert PS to PDF w/o
>>> specifying Compatibility
>>> Level
>>> ps2ps Volatile PostScript optimizer
>>> ps2ps2 Volatile similarl to ps2ps
>>> pv.sh Volatile Preview a specified page of a
>>> DVI file
>>> wftopfa Volatile Converts Wadalab (Japanese)
>>> base font to PFA/PFB
>>> GSinterface Volatile Interface script
>>> for Solaris
>>> Imported Interfaces
>>> ===================
>>> Interface Name Classification Comments
>>> --------------------------- --------------
>>> ------------------------
>>> /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 Volatile LSARC/2003/273
>>> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2009/203
>>> /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2009/203
>>> /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2009/203
>>> /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2008/510
>>> /usr/lib/libmlib.so.2 Committed LSARC/2002/145
>>> /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2008/510
>>> /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2008/510
>>> /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2009/203
>>> /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2008/510
>>> /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 Evolving LSARC 2001/384
>>> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 Committed LSARC/2009/203
>>> Standard C Library Functions
>>>
>>> References:
>>>
>>> PSARC/2002/619: Ghostscript Integration
>>> PSARC/2007/615: Move foomatic, hpijs, gimp-print, and GhostScript
>>> to /usr
>>> PSARC/2009/417: Deliver libgs.so shared library and Ghostscript
>>> header files
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>>> SFW
>>> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>>
>>>
>>
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