On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 03:09:00PM +0100, Matthias Kilian wrote: > Hi, > > looking at an (overdue) update of print/ghostscript/gnu, I'd really > like to get rid of the a4 flavor. It's stupid, device drivers testing > for a cpp macro 'A4' are cleary wrong (because they can derive the > paper size by other means), and I can't think of many people still > using DEC LN03 or Xerox XES (featuring sixel graphics) or similar > cruft (I saw some mentioning of hercules graphics somewhere in the > code). People using a printer whose gs driver requires the paper > size defined at compile time should probably just buy a new printer. > > So, unless I see some real complaints, the a4 flavor will be removed.
Not sure this makes a lot of sense. By your rationale, no people should be using those drivers. So really, you should remove those drivers from the list of supported drivers, by the same logic.
