Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-04 Thread Frank Küster
Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank wrote: >> >> The >> >> CUPS queues print those thai (?) letters very nicely, it's a PostScript >> >> printer. >> > >> > Not on my computer. The CUPS queues (and default postscript for that >> > matter) are broke in latest firefox on my system. "Pape

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-04 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Frank wrote: >> >> The >> >> CUPS queues print those thai (?) letters very nicely, it's a PostScript >> >> printer. >> > >> > Not on my computer. The CUPS queues (and default postscript for that >> > matter) are broke in latest firefox on my system. "Pap

Re: Re: Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-04 Thread Drew Parsons
Dan writ: > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 10:15:36AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > > > > Err. You're saying Xprint is the only print implementation that can > > > print non-latin stuff properly and reliably? > > > > > > > Yes, that's right. > > > > I didn't set Mozilla up with anything special at

Re: Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-04 Thread Drew Parsons
Frank wrote: > >> The > >> CUPS queues print those thai (?) letters very nicely, it's a PostScript > >> printer. > > > > Not on my computer. The CUPS queues (and default postscript for that > > matter) are broke in latest firefox on my system. "Paper size not > > supported", bug #344401. Time to c

Re: Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-04 Thread Daniel Stone
On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 10:15:36AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 15:23 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:26:21PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > Wouter asked: > > > > Just out of curiosity, could you point me to arguments in favour of > > > > Xprint?

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-03 Thread Frank Küster
Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank wrote: >> > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:26:21PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: >> >> Wouter asked: >> >> > >> >> > Just out of curiosity, could you point me to arguments in favour of >> >> > Xprint? >> >> >> >> http://www.dailynews.co.th/ >> >> >> The

Re: Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-03 Thread Drew Parsons
Frank wrote: > > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:26:21PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > >> Wouter asked: > >> > > >> > Just out of curiosity, could you point me to arguments in favour of > >> > Xprint? > >> > >> http://www.dailynews.co.th/ > >> > The > CUPS queues print those thai (?) letters very nice

Re: Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 15:23 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:26:21PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Wouter asked: > > > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:22:45PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > > > > This library isn't truly abandoned by upstream, but essentially it's not > > > > g

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-03 Thread Frank Küster
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:26:21PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: >> Wouter asked: >> > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:22:45PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: >> > > This library isn't truly abandoned by upstream, but essentially it's not >> > > getting any new dev

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-03 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:26:21PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: Wouter asked: On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:22:45PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: This library isn't truly abandoned by upstream, but essentially it's not getting any new development. Cairo is considered the way fo

Re: Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-03 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:26:21PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > Wouter asked: > > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:22:45PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > > > This library isn't truly abandoned by upstream, but essentially it's not > > > getting any new development. Cairo is considered the way forward and

Re: Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-03 Thread Drew Parsons
Wouter asked: > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:22:45PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > > This library isn't truly abandoned by upstream, but essentially it's not > > getting any new development. Cairo is considered the way forward and xprint > > is widely (though not universally) considered a broken impl

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-03 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:22:45PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > This library isn't truly abandoned by upstream, but essentially it's not > getting any new development. Cairo is considered the way forward and xprint > is widely (though not universally) considered a broken implementation. Just out

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-02 Thread David Nusinow
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 03:04:50PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > libxaw8 is abandoned upstream and there are no plans to fix it for the Xorg7 > > transition. This is a >= serious bug for any package still build-depending > > on libxaw8-dev, a

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-02 Thread David Nusinow
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 07:18:17PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > Hi, > > I recall that it was announced that libxaw8 should be dropped, but I > can only find discussions on the X list and > http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2006/01/msg00409.html. > > Packages are starting to FTBFS because libxaw8

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-02 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > libxaw8 is abandoned upstream and there are no plans to fix it for the Xorg7 > transition. This is a >= serious bug for any package still build-depending > on libxaw8-dev, as they FTBFS and this isn't going to be fixed on the xaw8 > side. Or, a Debian

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-02 Thread Frank Küster
clone 365714 -1 reassign -1 xaw3dg-dev retitle -1 Depends on libxaw8-dev and breaks building packages thanks Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My question is now whether to switch away from libxaw8 is a wishlist >> issue or in fact a fixed plan? What's the appropriate severity for >>

Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 07:18:17PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > I recall that it was announced that libxaw8 should be dropped, but I > can only find discussions on the X list and > http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2006/01/msg00409.html. > Packages are starting to FTBFS because libxaw8 has not ye

XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

2006-05-02 Thread Frank Küster
Hi, I recall that it was announced that libxaw8 should be dropped, but I can only find discussions on the X list and http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2006/01/msg00409.html. Packages are starting to FTBFS because libxaw8 has not yet been adapted to the new Xorg directories (http://bugs.debian.org