Need to update GhostScript package in the Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)Repository

[Gaurav Jain]

Thanks for the detailed explanation.  I have logged a bug against GS and
sent the link to ubuntu-devel list.

Thanks,
Gaurav

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Mario Vukelic
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:11 PM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: Need to update GhostScript package in the Ubuntu 7.10
> (Gutsy)Repository
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 11:38 +0530, Gaurav Jain wrote:
> > What we would therefore request is to update the Ubuntu 7.10
> > repositories to include this release version instead of the
> > pre-release version.
> >
> > I don't know if this is the correct forum for this topic.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this is the support mailing list for users and you are unlikely to
reach
> the developers here.
> 
> If this update is deemed important enough by the distro maintainers,
> there is the possibility to make it available through the "update"
> repository. The best way to start a discussion about this is probably
by
> filing a bug on the ghostscript package [1] or adding to an existing
bug
> if it exists [2].
> 
> If you'd like to discuss with the developers first, try IRC [3] or the
> developers mailing list [4], which lists "point of contact for
upstream
> developers to reach Ubuntu developers" as one of its purposes.
> 
> If an update through the "update" repository is impossible, a
"backport"
> might be another option [5]
> 
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+filebug
> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+bugs?field.searchtext=ghostscript
> [3] #ubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net, see
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat#head-
> 729211ea4fb3c5b535d3d8a533dbc007c8dbce14
> [4] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
> [5] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports
> 
> Props to Adobe for caring,
> Mario
> 
> 
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users