This bug is still critical, with current (obsolete!) Ubuntu's version of netpbm missing the 'pamthreshold'
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to netpbm-free in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270479 Title: Debian/Ubuntu netpbm is many years out-of-date with upstream Status in netpbm-free package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in netpbm-free package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: I'm having a little trouble following the difference between netpbm- free and the upstream version of netpbm available at http://netpbm.sourceforge.net, so I'm not sure if the version numbers are comparable, but it appears that the netpbm-free package is woefully out of date with upstream. I'm trying to use the -data option of pnmmontage which is was introduced into (upstream) version 10.06 of pnmmontage in 2002 (see http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY?view=markup). While I'm not sure if the version numbers can be compared easily, it appears that Ubuntu is at 10.0 while the upstream netpbm libraries are at 10.35.51, which is 6 years covering 40 or so releases ahead of Ubuntu/Debian's version. What can be done to bring Ubuntu (and Debian) back up to date with the upstream versions of netpbm? Are there some licensing issues that are holding the repackaging up? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netpbm-free/+bug/270479/+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