Hi, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Debian used to include xv, with patches and PNG support.
I wonder how the xv license permitted this. The only trace i found is a dead link at "XV Jumbo Patches" http://www.gregroelofs.com/greg_xv.html "fully patched XV source code (but Debian has permission)" > unicorn:~$ dpkg -s xv | grep Depends > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libpng12-0 (>= > 1.2.13-4), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), libx11-6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) This differs much from the ldd list of my freshly made ./xv. Obviously the tarball brought its own implementation for JPEG reading. State of the art in 1995. Still usable. > I'm not sure how difficult it would be to build this package on > current stable Debian. Modern graphics libraries would indeed be nice. (I could donate a smoother image size scaler, if not the jumbo patches contain something better.) Have a nice day :) Thomas
