[Bug 1348384] Re: evince and okular do not render eps files correctly resulting in a black background

[Robie Basak]

I've just spoken with Till about this on IRC.

It seems to me that there are two patches involved here. Patch 1 (fix-
document-rotation) fixed bug 1242678, but caused a regression (tracked
by this bug: bug 1348384). Marek has kindly provided patch 2 (erase-
page) that fixes this.

But patch 1 was reverted upstream, and we don't know what the current
status of this is. So patch 1 has inadvertently caused Ubuntu to diverge
from upstream, and this is what is causing the current pain.

I think that taking patch 2 is going to exacerbate the problem. Then
we'll be even further diverged from upstream, and this will make future
merges harder, which sets Ubuntu up to end up with an old version for
fear of regression.

So to avoid making the situation worse, can someone please resolve the
situation of these two bugs upstream before pushing this patch into
Ubuntu? What has upstream done about bug 1242678? Would it be better to
revert patch 1 from Ubuntu, and take what upstream has done to fix it
instead, thus avoiding this regression altogether and bring us closer to
upstream?

Finally, when preparing debdiffs, please use dep3 headers
(http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/) to make it easier to follow upstream
status on these patches.

Thanks.

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