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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: [RFC] Future of KWord's PDF import filter
From:       Nicolas <aazhyd () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-01-20 16:43:51
Message-ID: 92d8b98a0501200843607c7737 () mail ! gmail ! com
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once again I am the author/maintainer of this filter (hadacek@kde.org)
and I have a version using xpdf 3 that seems to work ok. Unfortunately
my time is very tight at the moment to work on KDE :(

I will try to commit the xpdf 3 version but I understand the issues
you raise and you are obviously free to move it aside if you think it
doesnt fit anymore in the project...

Nicolas Hadacek

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:16:23 +0100, Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg@snafu.de> wrote:
> I am wondering what the future of the PDF import filter of KWord might be.
> 
> Today there is now the third security vulnerability published for it and again
> the xpdf security patch is being discussed as being not good enough (and
> again only after been released).
> 
> If I would have time to play such games, I would not mind; I would not mind to
> do it once too, but slowly I am getting the feeling that it will not end
> anywhere.
> 
> Also the filter has currently following (long-term) drawbacks:
> - how to support OASIS?
> - how to support PDF 1.5 (i.e. using xpdf 3 instead of xpdf 2)?
> - who will maintain it in future? (We have already problems with simplier
> KWord filters to keep them up-to-date as much as possible, so for a complex
> filter like the PDF one, it will be even more complex.)
> 
> Also using xpdf 3 is important to keep getting security fixes, as one day
> nobody will support kdegraphics 3.2.x anymore.
> 
> So I am wondering if we should not move the filter back to one of the
> kdeplayground modules (the successors of the kdenonbeta module).
> 
> Or may be somebody has a middle-term solution that would be more constructive.
> (Or of course real volunteers for this filter, but here I am probably
> dreaming...)
> 
> Have a nice day!
> 
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