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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Pending removal(?) of media-libs/pdflib
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:12:34
Message-Id: 201102220111.46803.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Pending removal(?) of media-libs/pdflib by Jeremy Olexa
1 On Tuesday, February 22, 2011 00:32:52 Jeremy Olexa wrote:
2 > The bugs are stacking up[1] and upstream only offers a paid version of
3 > pdflib-8[2]. It is my understanding that there is no way for us to
4 > package future versions and the bundled libs are vulnerable[3].
5 >
6 > So, should it be removed? For more info, see the tracker bug for its
7 > removal[1], there are a number of rdeps that will require fixing[4].
8
9 is there a suitable replacement functionality wise ? i'm aware of PHP based
10 PDF generators (which often work great), but there doesnt seem to be any
11 replacement for this package atm ?
12 -mike

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