Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 09:31:25 +0100 (CET) From: Mariusz Potocki <potok@friko.onet.pl> To: mark thompson <thompson@squirrel.tgsoft.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.com Subject: RE: why so many ghostscript Message-ID: <XFMail.980206094800.potok@friko.onet.pl> In-Reply-To: <19980206052332.9601.qmail@squirrel.tgsoft.com>
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On 06-Feb-98 mark thompson wrote:
>Why are there three versions of ghostscript in the ports? In particular,
>is this because nobody wants to delete 2.6.2 and re-verify those things
>(like hylafax) that depend on it - or - are people nervous that 4.03 is
>not necessarilly an improvement in all cases?
>
>I ask because i have had to hack a thing or two in 2.6.2 (notably to
>allow my windows machine to print via samba). At this point, i am
>thinking that maybe it is time for me to upgrade (but i wouldn't want to
>break hylafax). Sigh.
>
>-mark
IMHO it's because of licensing.
Alladin software changed it some time ago.
Mariusz
"verba volant,
scripta manent"
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