Re: ANNOUNCE: Gimp-Print 4.2.7 Release

Robert L Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Gimp-Print 4.2.7, released July 15, 2004, is a stable release in the
> Gimp-Print 4.2 series.  This is expected to be the last release in the
> 4.2 series unless any critical bugs are found or 5.0 is further
> delayed.

I found a few issues while packaging for Debian:

- The CUPS PPDs no longer contain any file name to allow searching for
  a new PPD to upgrade in-use PPDs.  This changed in 4.2.6, but since
  then I only tested the 4.2.5 -> 4.2.6 upgrade, I didn't see this
  until now.  The ModelName and PCFileName are no good, but there's no
  replacement like the StpDriverName in 5.0.

- rastertoprinter is linked statically in addition to genppd.  Is this
  intentional, to prevent PPD/libgimpprint version mismatch?  For
  Debian, this isn't an issue, so I disabled static linking and linked
  with the regular shared libgimpprint.  This might not be desirable
  for others, though.

- doc/users_guide/figures/CVS is distributed, but should not be.  This
  was also an issue with 4.2.6 I didn't catch.

None of these are big issues, and I can work around all but the first,
which might also be fixable.  If there might possibly be a 4.2.8, I
can fix these in CVS as required.


I've now packaged and uploaded 4.2.7 to Debian unstable.  Hopefully it
will migrate to testing for the sarge release.


Regards,
Roger

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