[Freewx-maint] Bug#644571: uses libgnomeprint which is scheduled for removal

Olly Betts olly at survex.com
Mon Oct 10 10:53:41 UTC 2011


On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 10:03:29PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Attached is a patch which disables the gnomeprint support in wxwidgets.
> This will make wxwidgets use its internal postscript printing code [1].

Did you forget to actually attach the patch?

I understand the desire to remove a library deprecated upstream, but unless
it's evolved a lot since I last looked, the internal printing code isn't nearly
as nice.

Do you have an approximate timeline for the removal of libgnomeprint?

> Long term, wxwidgets should be updated to 2.9.x which provides printing
> support using GtkPrint.

Note that 2.9.x is a development series, so probably unsuitable for packaging
(until it's declared stable of course).

Cheers,
    Olly





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