Current version is extremely outdated and only still in ::gentoo by means of a Qt5-porting patch. What are the chances this will go on to receive a Qt6-porting patch in a similar manner?
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=918628e20183d14459335438558ef42e8cd55db1 commit 918628e20183d14459335438558ef42e8cd55db1 Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2025-03-01 22:44:54 +0000 Commit: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2025-03-01 22:58:05 +0000 profiles: Mask app-text/diffpdf for removal Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/947239 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
The package.mask comment mentions a potential GPL violation: > # Currently packaged version released 12 years ago; dead upstream, > # possibly GPL violating piece of very expensive software not available > # to "new" customers in most countries even for a 5-figure USD sum. > # Bug #947239. Removal on 2025-03-31. > app-text/diffpdf However, according to the following page it seems that the author(s) did once provide a GPL2-licensed version of DiffPDF: https://www.qtrac.eu/diffpdf-foss.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140401180853/http://www.qtrac.eu/diffpdf-foss.html http://www.diffpdf.com/diffpdf-foss.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220822010455/http://www.qtrac.plus.com/diffpdf-foss.html That page is also linked from the description of the https://gitlab.com/eang/diffpdf repository, which seems to be a fork. Also, the codebase itself is quite small and doesn't seem expensive at all, and the author(s) seem to be rather strict on licensing issues. So perhaps I misunderstood the package.mask comment or perhaps I'm missing something else, but I feel that the package.mask entry is misleading. (In reply to Andreas Sturmlechner from comment #0) > Current version is extremely outdated and only still in ::gentoo by means of > a Qt5-porting patch. What are the chances this will go on to receive a > Qt6-porting patch in a similar manner? This is a rather simple but very useful program. So I think there is hope. :)
Simple, the upstream product in its current state provides no way forward. Even the fork you cite has had its last activity 4 years ago, so not very promising to me.
Created attachment 920155 [details, diff] diffpdf-qt6-wip.patch > This is a rather simple but very useful program. So I think there is hope. :) Here's an experimental patch to the source code which switches to CMake, and makes DiffPDF build and run with Qt6. It is a work in progress and not much tested. Hopefully I'll have some more time to improve, polish and test it this week...
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1048ea64af4086c1c667174c3ce1c678e8c58a29 commit 1048ea64af4086c1c667174c3ce1c678e8c58a29 Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2025-03-04 23:19:39 +0000 Commit: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2025-03-04 23:19:39 +0000 app-text/diffpdf: drop 2.1.3-r2 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/947239 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> app-text/diffpdf/diffpdf-2.1.3-r2.ebuild | 40 -------------------------------- 1 file changed, 40 deletions(-) Additionally, it has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=439a6e16a9ecd8d8cfb251aae76f0a1b29bff6b0 commit 439a6e16a9ecd8d8cfb251aae76f0a1b29bff6b0 Author: Jaak Ristioja <jaak@ristioja.ee> AuthorDate: 2025-03-04 20:53:40 +0000 Commit: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2025-03-04 23:19:59 +0000 profiles: Drop obsolete app-text/diffpdf last-rite mask Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/947239 Signed-off-by: Jaak Ristioja <jaak@ristioja.ee> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/40894 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=beb25dea6ad6f9e2937467cf181336a255e6d047 commit beb25dea6ad6f9e2937467cf181336a255e6d047 Author: Jaak Ristioja <jaak@ristioja.ee> AuthorDate: 2025-03-04 20:47:03 +0000 Commit: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2025-03-04 23:18:36 +0000 app-text/diffpdf: add 2.1.3-r3 Patched for Qt6 support and CMake build system, fixed some pkgcheck warnings. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/947239 Signed-off-by: Jaak Ristioja <jaak@ristioja.ee> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> app-text/diffpdf/diffpdf-2.1.3-r3.ebuild | 37 +++ app-text/diffpdf/files/diffpdf-2.1.3-qt6.patch | 407 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 444 insertions(+)
