I was confused by the patches for a while. But having worked it out I can say now that to me everything looks fine.
Amanda Sonam Gupta wrote: > Can someone please review the final changes for integration of latest > version of Ghostscript (8.64) ? > > If everything looks fine then this can be integrated in snv_123. > > Regards, > Sonam >> Sonam Gupta wrote: >>> We will be upgrading to Ghostscript 8.70 after integration for 8.64 >>> is done. Due to the change in license for 8.70 it might take lot of >>> time to upgrade to 8.70 at present. Ghostscript 8.64 is needed in >>> SolarisNext. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sonam >>> Steven M. Christensen wrote: >>>> The latest stable release of Ghostscript is now 8.70. The >>>> freshmeat page at >>>> >>>> http://freshmeat.net/projects/ghostscript >>>> >>>> describes the new bits. The main changes seem to be - as listed - >>>> >>>> Changes: The license is now GPLv3 or later. A large number of >>>> issues with transparency were fixed. Several significant fixes to >>>> font handling, especially when generating PDF, were made.... >>>> Numerous robustness, correctness, and performance improvements were >>>> made. Security fixes addressing CVE-2009-0583 and CVE-2009-0792 >>>> were made. New generic Esc/Page devices, eplmono and eplcolor, were >>>> added, as well as the cdnj500 device to support the HP DesignJet >>>> 500. The size of PostScript integers was limited to 32 bits, as >>>> recommended in the specification. >>>> >>>> >>>> GPL3 is surely an issue that might prevent moving to this. The >>>> security fixes might also be important. >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve C. >>>> >>>> Sonam Gupta wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Please review the latest changes made for Ghostscript 8.64 >>>>> integration. >>>>> >>>>> Previous Webrev >>>>> ------------- >>>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~sonam007/ghostscript_lates/ >>>>> >>>>> Latest Webrev >>>>> ----------- >>>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~sonam007/webrev/ >>>>> >>>>> In the latest changes two patches have been introduced. Both these >>>>> patches are required for Japanese locales. >>>>> >>>>> usr/src/cmd/ghostscript/Patches/4732635,5033581.patch >>>>> usr/src/cmd/ghostscript/Patches/6360710,6360803.patch >>>>> >>>>> 4732635,5033581.patch >>>>> ----------------- >>>>> Without this patch ghostscript does not work with Japanese ttf >>>>> fonts. It cribs for certain Japanese fonts >>>>> >>>>> Can't find (or can't open) font file >>>>> /usr/share/ghostscript/8.63/Resource/Font/Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>>> Can't find (or can't open) font file Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>>> Querying operating system for font files... >>>>> Can't find (or can't open) font file >>>>> /usr/share/ghostscript/8.63/Resource/Font/Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>>> Can't find (or can't open) font file Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>>> Didn't find this font on the system! >>>>> Substituting font Courier for Ryumin-Light-EUC-V. >>>>> >>>>> 6360710,6360803.patch >>>>> ------------------ >>>>> Without this patch certain characters are rotated 90 degrees when >>>>> viewing Japanese PostScript. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>>> Sonam >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> sfwnv-discuss mailing list >>>>> sfwnv-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sfwnv-discuss >>>>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > sfwnv-discuss mailing list > sfwnv-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sfwnv-discuss
