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

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