** Description changed: - Status update: - * We are very close to a release in Debian. - * We have a willing developer to sponsor it. - * It's now maintained by debian-gnome team: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/libgxps/ - * Package release was blocked by a libarchive bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662603 (now fixed) - * I have created a PPA for evince-xps: https://launchpad.net/~medigeek/+archive/evince-xps/ + Please sync libgxps 0.2.1-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) - Note: The evince version in ubuntu 11.10 oneiric ocelot doesn't work with xps (segmentation fault when opening the file) and there are several packages to be backported. I've decided not to backport it. It works in ubuntu 12.04 precise pangolin. - If you need to read an xps file, package libgxps-utils provides enough conversion tools, e.g. command: xpstopdf myfile.xps + Explanation of FeatureFreeze exception: + It's maintained by the Debian GNOME Team. + + I was prompted to file a new bug for libgxps and a request to package it, because it's required by evince to render xps documents: + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/375038 + + Or you can convert an xps file to PDF using the libgxps-utils package libgxps-util + e.g. command: xpstopdf myfile.xps + + I have created a PPA for evince-xps: + https://launchpad.net/~medigeek/+archive/evince-xps/ ------------ - http://live.gnome.org/libgxps http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgxps/ libgxps is a GObject based library for handling and rendering XPS documents. - I was prompted to file a new bug for libgxps and a request to package it, because it's required by evince to render xps documents: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/375038 - A preview package was uploaded at that bug report: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/375038/+attachment/2660037/+files - /libgxps-debian-package.zip + libgxps (0.2.1-1) unstable; urgency=low + + [ Savvas Radevic ] + * Initial release (LP: #912789) (Closes: #654892) + + -- Michael Biebl <[email protected]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:00:35 +0100
** Summary changed: - [needs-packaging] libgxps + FFe: Sync libgxps 0.2.1-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912789 Title: FFe: Sync libgxps 0.2.1-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/912789/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
