On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 06:22:44PM +0000, Артур Истомин wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 04:25:02PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 04:11:47PM +0100, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 08:30:32AM -0600, David Coppa wrote:
> > > > So here I am, asking on misc@...
> > > > 
> > > > Do people using acroread-7.0.9 on i386 (compat_linux) still exist
> > > > these days?
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like to rm print/acroread from cvs.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I don't see the point of keeping it, while we have other working
> > > pdf readers. I don't even understand why we have it at all. OK to
> > > remove it.
> > 
> > You don't use pdf form filling. Over the last few years, I've seen
> > people want to do strange things with pdf.  Most things related
> > to display work with default tools. afaik, password did not work
> > with anything BUT acrobat reader AND now mutools.
> > 
> > Form filling, in some cases (german taxes, iirr) does NOT work with
> > other tools...
> 
> Many consulates/embassy send pdf files with forms for information on
> visas acquisition. When I last time filled it, no one open source pdf
> reader can fill such forms.

Considering most of the answers to the original question have totally gone out 
of topic, please remove print/acroread asap so that this thread dies.

-- 
Antoine

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