[subversion-commit] SVN tetex commit + diffs: r427 - pkg-tetex-web/trunk

[Frank Küster]

Author: frank
Date: 2005-12-22 14:51:35 +0000 (Thu, 22 Dec 2005)
New Revision: 427

Modified:
   pkg-tetex-web/trunk/sarge.html
Log:
updated libpoppler info in sarge.html

Modified: pkg-tetex-web/trunk/sarge.html
===================================================================
--- pkg-tetex-web/trunk/sarge.html	2005-12-22 08:36:46 UTC (rev 426)
+++ pkg-tetex-web/trunk/sarge.html	2005-12-22 14:51:35 UTC (rev 427)
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 <p>This repository provides Debian packages of teT<sub>E</sub>X 3.0 for sarge.
 Please read below about what we provide, and what we cannot promise</p>
 
+<h2>NEW!</h2>
+teTeX now uses libpoppler, see <a href="#caveats" >Caveats and shortcomings</a>
 
 
 <h2><a name="promises">What we provide</a></h2>
@@ -64,14 +66,18 @@
 <h2><a name="caveats">Caveats and shortcomings: Security</a></h2>
 
 <ul>
-  <li>We hope that tetex-bin will soon start using libpoppler, instead
+  <li><p>tetex-bin now uses libpoppler instead
   of using its own copy of xpdf code.  This will make security fixes
-  much easier.  However, if it turns out that backporting libpoppler
-  to sarge is not feasible, security updates for tetex-bin might
-  become a big burden to the teT<sub>E</sub>X maintanence team.  Under
+  much easier.  We have prepared backports of the required libraries
+  (libpoppler and libcairo2), but if it turns out that maintaining these backports
+  is not feasible, security updates might
+  become a big burden to the teT<sub>E</sub>X maintainance team.  Under
   these circumstances, it is possible that we stop updating these
   packages - of course a notice will be given at a prominent place
-  when this should happen
+  when this should happen.</p>
+  <p>On the other hand, we hope that backports of these packages will
+  soon be provided at an established backports site.  We will then
+  refer our users to use those better backports.</p>
   </li>
   <li>
   Security updates will often be delayed compared to security updates
@@ -86,12 +92,12 @@
 
 <h2><a name="bugreport">Bug reports and contact</a></h2>
 
-Please submit bugs directly to the Debian Bugtracking System.  Please
+<p>Please submit bugs directly to the Debian Bugtracking System.  Please
 keep in mind that we are primarily developing etch, the successor
 release of sarge, and that bug severities affect the migration into
 testing and inclusion of the package in the current candidate for
 etch. Therefore, severities of bugreports against such backports
-should be lowered:
+should be lowered:</p>
 
 <ul>
   <li>normal, minor or wishlist bugs should be reported with severity
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@
 
 <h2><a name="aptline">How to get them</a></h2>
 
-To get the packages, add the following line to your sources list:
+<p>To get the packages, add the following line to your sources list:</p>
 
 <pre>deb http://people.debian.org/~frank/teTeX-3.0 sarge main</pre>