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authorRalph Giles <ralph.giles@artifex.com>2009-01-27 20:50:54 +0000
committerRalph Giles <ralph.giles@artifex.com>2009-01-27 20:50:54 +0000
commitd1d4b9db3f3262d8de1cc9a34b3728c5a21ff450 (patch)
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parent9a8aa1af8e4f6c59aa298a0e8ee2d275d6c79bb6 (diff)
Update the release notes for 8.64rc2.
The x11alpha issue has been worked around. Add some comments from Till Kamppeter. git-svn-id: http://svn.ghostscript.com/ghostscript/trunk@9414 a1074d23-0009-0410-80fe-cf8c14f379e6
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@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ support for using the system's default paper size on unix.
The interpreter's handling of color spaces has been moved from
PostScript code to C.
+<p>
+A number of the included printer drivers and cups wrappers have been
+updated to support a PDF-based workflow. Also fixed are several
+long-standing bugs in the pcl drivers with respect to duplex, resolution
+and paper tray selection.
+
<p> The following <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/">bugs</a> were
open at the time of the last release: <blockquote>
226943,
@@ -549,13 +555,6 @@ open at the time of the last release: <blockquote>
<h3><a name="8.64_Incompatible_changes"></a>Incompatible changes</h3>
<p>
-There are known issues with the x11alpha device in this release.
-Multipage documents may do properly clear the page area between pages,
-and some images render as white rectangles or fail completely with an
-error. This is an outstanding bug, rather than a permanent change.
-Pass -sDEVICE=x11 as a work around for these issues.
-
-<p>
In this release the C source files have been split into two new
directories. Interpreter source files are now in <tt>psi</tt> and the
graphics library and output devices are now in <tt>base</tt>. Previously