Package: transfig Version: 1:3.2.5-alpha5-2 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/fig2dev
hi when fig2dev generates EPS from FIG, it includes the username and email address of the person who generates the EPS. This is a very bad idea: suppose that the author of the picture may wish to be anonymous, and instead (unknowingly to him) transfig inserts his/her identity in the file. For example, I work often as a reviewer for scientific papers; when I prepare a review (which should be anonymous) I may decide to include a picture: in this case I do not want that my name appears in it. Similarly, when a scientific paper is presented to a big conference, usually it is sent w/o the authors name, and the reviewers do not know the names of the authors (*): all this is useless,if transfig adds the authors name with every picture that is included in LaTeX file. a. ps (*) even though sometimes it is easily guessed ... :-) -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages transfig depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol client li ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X pixmap library ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone)
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