Package: evince
Version: 0.4.0-3 Using the old poppler library [libpoppler0c2 version: 0.4.5-5] currently in unstable the evince index does not work in PDF Files like the Australian Immunisation Handbook: http://www9.health.gov.au/immhandbook/pdf/handbook.pdf This is now fixed in experimental. Why is is not fixed in etch or sid? This is a serious and old bug long ago fixed upstream. Why is Debian using out dated broken poppler libraries in unstable and etch? libpoppler maintainer's reply: "Because 0.5.x stabilised just so close before etch release and all previous releases of 0.5.x was called development. And because upstream change ABI of libpoppler and don't increase SONAME, and they even consider it to be OK. And unfortunately they have also changed API, so it's not just recompile and forget, but all packages using libpoppler has to be patched and recompiled (bigest package being tetex). Ondrej. -- OndÅej Surý <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ^_^ http://blog.rfc1925.org/ " Should Debian evince maintain its own poppler library similarly to kpdf in order to get good function? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
