Package: xpdf-reader
Version: 3.00-13
Followup-For: Bug #174990

Hi,

just came across this bug and though I'd chip in my 2 cents.

Derek B. Noonburg wrote:
> Hm, maybe I should make this an FAQ on the xpdf web page...

I think this would be a good idea.  Maybe mention it somewhere in README 
as well so people know this design decision has been made for a reason.

Derek B. Noonburg wrote:
> On a related note, compressing PDF files like this isn't really the
> best approach.  Properly generated PDF files should be internall 
> compressed, and won't see much benefit from running gzip (or bzip2 or 
> whatever).

Bill Allombert wrote:
> Debian policy state that documentation should be compressed compressed
> with `gzip -9',

Wouldn't it be a good idea to change Debian policy in this respect?  
What do you think?

Please cc me on responses because I think the BTS will not send them to 
me automatically. Thank you.

Best regards

Rolf


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