[Bug 270479] Re: Debian/Ubuntu netpbm is many years out-of-date with upstream

[jimav]

Thanks to whoever did the fix.

But can we please have a bit more (i.e. any at all) communication in the
future?  There is nary a word from any dev in this bug report about what
the problem was or how it was resolved, or even what was done in the
"fix".

Questions:

What _is_ the current status of netpbm now?

How does Ubuntu's netpbm compare, now, with upstream?   Is it the same?
If different, please give brief overview of why.

Are there any remaining issues (such as licensing) which will impede
routine updates in the future (that is, can we expect future upstream
changes to appear in Ubuntu)?

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Title:
  Debian/Ubuntu netpbm is many years out-of-date with upstream

Status in netpbm-free package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in netpbm-free package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I'm having a little trouble following the difference between netpbm-
  free and the upstream version of netpbm available at
  http://netpbm.sourceforge.net, so I'm not sure if the version numbers
  are comparable, but it appears that the netpbm-free package is
  woefully out of date with upstream.

  I'm trying to use the -data option of pnmmontage which is was
  introduced into (upstream) version 10.06 of pnmmontage in 2002 (see
  http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY?view=markup).

  While I'm not sure if the version numbers can be compared easily, it
  appears that Ubuntu is at 10.0 while the upstream netpbm libraries are
  at 10.35.51, which is  6 years covering 40 or so releases ahead of
  Ubuntu/Debian's version.

  What can be done to bring Ubuntu (and Debian) back up to date with the
  upstream versions of netpbm? Are there some licensing issues that are
  holding the repackaging up?

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