On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com > wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Norbert Preining <prein...@logic.at>wrote: > >> Hi >> >> > Hi, t1lib will be removed prior to the wheezy release (please see bug >> #637040). I've developed a patch for this package, but unfortunately xdivk >> needs to be disabled. Please see attached. >> >> Hahahahaha, are you joking??? >> >> Please go and hide somewhere in the bushes?!?!? >> >> I can't believe how stupid people can get recently. That patch is a joke, >> changing the configure call is trivial. >> >> Disabling xdvi, I can't grok it how ignorant people can be. > > An incredibly apropos discussion: http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2012/04/03/#insecure-libraries Bottom line: embedded code copies are bad, and old/out-dated libraries are bad. If there remains a high demand for xdvi, someone can certainly take up the cause of converting it to use freetype. Best wishes, Mike
