@Sebastien re comment #8: Let me see if I have this correct - Ubuntu package and provide Evince via the "Main" repository. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince
Last I looked, this means that the software is "Officially supported" and distributed by Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu Ubuntu users have already taken time to report and add comments to this bug report. I suggest that it's time that the maintainers of the application: ==== Package information Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers ==== report and/or deal with any upstream issues. "It would be nice" if the application maintainer(s) did the simple test of opening a PDF form (<http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf works just fine), in Evince, fill in the form (or at least parts of it), save the form, and attempt to open the saved form in acroread, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, etc. Simple, not difficult to do, and *then* the package maintainer(s) - those who understand the development & packaging of Evince - file a report upstream. Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/897322 Title: PDF saved forms are not compatible with Adobe Reader Status in Evince document viewer: New Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When editing and saving the PDF form available at http://www.oiq.qc.ca/Documents/DAP/permis /formulaire_inscription_examen_prof-fr.pdf, the resulting PDF is not open-able in Adobe Reader X (10.1.1). When trying to open the document with Adobe Reader X under Windows 7, I get the following error : "There was an error opening this document. There was a problem reading this document (14)." The edited PDF form is attached to this bug. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 $ apt-cache policy evince evince: Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.3 Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.3 Version table: *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.3 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.32.0-0ubuntu12 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.52-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Nov 28 12:50:22 2011 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.52-generic 2.6.38.8 SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/897322/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp