117925 – ESP Ghostscript is now derived from GPL Ghostscript

Bug 117925 - ESP Ghostscript is now derived from GPL Ghostscript

Summary: ESP Ghostscript is now derived from GPL Ghostscript

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Printing Team

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Reported:	2006-01-05 12:40 UTC by Colin Macdonald
Modified:	2006-01-05 14:09 UTC (History)
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Description Colin Macdonald 2006-01-05 12:40:44 UTC

The description of this package should read: "ESP Ghostscript -- an enhanced version of GPL Ghostscript with better printer support"  That is, replace GNU with GPL.

The release notes for ghostscript-esp 8.15.1 clealy state that is is based on GPL Ghostscript not GNU Ghostscript.  (see http://www.cups.org/espgs/articles.php?L331)

Also, see my comment #15 in bug #92941.

This is all a bit confusing because the current stable version of ESP Ghostscript 7.07 probably was based on GNU Ghostscript as that was the former name for GPL Ghostscript.  However, now GNU Ghostscript refers to something else (namely app-text/ghostscript-gnu)

Comment 1 Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-01-05 14:09:31 UTC

Thank you, I fixed this.
What would we do without our careful users ..

If you have any other problem with ghostscript-esp 8.15.1, please file a bug. We plan to unmask it soon.