Bug 137289 - stabilize ghostscript-afpl-8.54-r1 + later gpl move
Bug#: 137289 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: 2006.0 Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: printing@gentoo.org Reported By: ernst.rohlicek@inode.at
Component: Ebuilds
URL:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/
Summary: stabilize ghostscript-afpl-8.54-r1 + later gpl move
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2006-06-19 12:43 0000
Description:   Opened: 2006-06-19 12:43 0000 
Ghostscript went GPL!

News items in English:
  http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/63031/index.html

News items in German:
  http://www.golem.de/0606/45942.html
  http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/74347

It remains to be seen what implications this will have w/ regards to the other
forks (merges would be great), but I guess it should be in Portage (quite a
jump from 8.16 to 8.54).

The latest release v8.54 under GPL (gpl-ghostscript) is already on SF.

------- Comment #1 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-06-20 03:09:45 0000 ------- 
Well, so... what to go w/ this ebuild? Merge ghostscript-afpl w/
gnostscript-gnu? Better ideas? Otherwise, this will get really confusing.

------- Comment #2 From Stefan Schweizer 2006-06-20 03:21:01 0000 ------- 
ok, the plan is:

- mark ghostscript-afpl-8.54-r1 stable, so that I only have to migrate the
latest version.
- move ghostscript-afpl-8.54-r1 to ghostscript-gpl-8.54-r1 and change the
tarball source as well as the license
- make ghsotscript-gpl the default for virtual/ghostscript

we then have:
ghostscript-esp - with special patches for cups support, but old.
ghostscript-gnu - made by the GNU people with special GPL patches that cannot
be made afpl. Lacking behind a lot lately
ghostscript-gpl - the latest -afpl release rereleased under the GPL, this is
what would be preferred.

------- Comment #3 From Ernst Rohlicek 2006-06-20 04:52:09 0000 ------- 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Well, so... what to go w/ this ebuild? Merge ghostscript-afpl w/
> gnostscript-gnu? Better ideas? Otherwise, this will get really confusing.

Ah, I forgot to suggest an "action plan" and wrote more like a notification...

Anyway, what Stefan suggests (comment #3) is a good idea; ghostscript-afpl
should definitely be phased out. Thanks for your quick reply.

------- Comment #4 From Marcus D. Hanwell 2006-06-25 04:17:34 0000 ------- 
Stable on amd64, this is the most stable version I have used on my amd64 boxes
and it is great to see their move to GPL the source. Stable on amd64 :)

------- Comment #5 From Tobias Scherbaum 2006-06-25 07:15:47 0000 ------- 
ppc stable

------- Comment #6 From Joshua Jackson 2006-06-26 20:13:52 0000 ------- 
x86 done ^.^

------- Comment #7 From Stefan Schweizer 2006-06-27 01:19:56 0000 ------- 
This is now really fixed :) I moved it to -gpl and changed the license and the
default in the virtual, thanks!