[gs-cvs] gs/doc

[Raph Levien]

Update of /cvs/ghostscript/gs/doc
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Modified Files:
	News.htm 
Log Message:
First commit in 7.22 release process: date and News updates.


Index: News.htm
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--- News.htm	9 Jul 2002 07:42:10 -0000	1.108
+++ News.htm	6 Aug 2002 23:10:40 -0000	1.109
@@ -54,12 +54,19 @@
 
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-<h3><a name="Version7.22"></a>Version 7.22 (prerelease)</h3>
+<h3><a name="Version7.22"></a>Version 7.22 (2002-08-06)</h3>
 
 <p>
-This is a reasonably stable development snapshot, the last before the
-DeviceN work gets merged in. In particular, this version is probably
-the most stable pdfwrite version to date.
+This release integrates the rewritten pdfwrite font copying code,
+fixing a large class of pdfwrite bugs involving incremental font
+updating. This project was completed before the DeviceN merge was
+ready, so this release (rather than 7.21 as previously stated) is
+the final checkpoint prior to the DeviceN merge. 
+
+<p>
+Overall, pdfwrite is probably an improvement over previous releases,
+but there are still known issues. Testing of pdfwrite with real-world
+files is encouraged.
 
 <p>
 The following SourceForge bug numbers were open at the time of the last release:
@@ -67,7 +74,6 @@
 407342,
 414947,
 414985,
-415142,
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@@ -79,7 +85,6 @@
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-462221,
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@@ -92,9 +97,7 @@
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-503794,
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@@ -102,36 +105,24 @@
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+584713,
+584990,
+586178,
+586595,
+589244,
+590307,
+590979,
+591039,
+591326.
 
-<p>All the regression tests run correctly, with the following exceptions:
-pdfwrite testing of 401-01.ps, which segfaults.
+<p>The nightly regression tests show many changes. However, most of
+the non-pdf regressions are tiny changes resulting in comparing a
+debug build against a non-debug baseline. The rendering really
+shouldn't be different at all, so we're leaving these regressions open
+until we can fix the discrepancy. On the pdfwrite side, most of the
+regressions are actually improvements, but there are some known
+issues.  Notably, the "same_font" function is incorrect, and deriving
+several fonts from a standard font, replacing Metrics or Metrics2
+only, pdfwrite incorrectly merges them into a single font. This causes
+a regression with 093-01.ps and probably other test files.
 
 <h3><a name="7.22_Incompatible_changes"></a>Incompatible changes</h3>
 
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@
 San Rafael, CA  94903, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861.
 
 <p>
-<small>Ghostscript version 7.22, 8 July 2002
+<small>Ghostscript version 7.22, 6 August 2002
 
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