It looks like the xfa situation isn’t as dire as I’d been led to understand.
OTOH, I’m not entirely certain that the licence text in the preface of the pdf referenced in comment #9 is GPL-compatible. Or even DFSG- compatible. In any case (unless Albert things otherwise), it probably should not be implemented as part of poppler. I suspect an xfa-specific library would be better. Poppler, of course, can help by assisting the extraction of the xml. It is a huge (and likely non-Free) standard, will require web-browser- like implementation, and xfa is not limited to pdf encapsulation. It might work better as an extension to webkit or gecko. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321720 Title: PDF v1.7 asks to upgrade Adobe Reader Status in Poppler: Confirmed Status in “poppler” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Evince cannot read the pdf format created with Adobe 8.1.3 This results in the file displaying the below message. Presumably, this is the message that Adobe Reader 8.1.3 and higher will save into the pdf files for readers that are only familiar with older pdf formats. This kind of monopolizing is typical of closed source programs. ------------------------------------ To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html ----------------------------------- ------ Original complaint is below. The complaint inaccurately attributes the message to a mistake on the part of the linux pdf readers. ------ Binary package hint: evince 1) I am using Ubuntu 8.10 with all updates installed as of the time of this writing (Jan. 26, 2009). 2) The version of the Evince Document Viewer is 2.24.1. 3) What I expected: By opening the PDF in Adobe's PDF viewer, this PDF is a editable form with text boxes, drop-down menus, check boxes, and two buttons to initiate emailing or printing the form. 4) What actually happened: This following message was displayed (within the document as though that is what the document actually was): ------------------------------------ To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html ----------------------------------- No Linux or Ubuntu user should have to see a message like that...telling them they have to use non-free software. I am in the process of asking the author of the file information about how she made it...like what program she used, what version it is, and possibly what version of the PDF standard it is, in case that information would help. I will edit this report and comment below if I have any new information. Sorry that I don't know if this is a truly an Evince bug or Poppler bug. I am doing the best I can to help. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: evince 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/poppler/+bug/321720/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
