Various programs and SVG image mis-rendering

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM Stephen Satchell <list at satchell.net> wrote:
>
> Who are the correct people to report issues with the incorrect display
> of SVG images?  I've encountered the problem with:
>
> * Document Viewer
> * LibreOffice Write, Calc, Impress, Draw
> * GIMP
>
> The different programs screw up in different ways.  LibreOffice Write
> can't handle an SVG image with scrunched type.  Calc, Impress, and Draw
> bungle lines with arrows.
>
> Gimp almost gets it right; like Calc/Impress/Draw, it bungles arrows.
>
> Chrome only messes up with color on arrows.
>
> Firefox?  Gets it right.  Surprise.
>
> The SVG image was created in InkScape 1.3.2 on Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (Focal
> Fossa). if anyone wants the .svg file in question, just ask.

`apt-cache show <package>` will usually provide the maintainer contact
information. For example:

$ apt-cache show gimp
Package: gimp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
<pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
...

However, it is usually a good idea to file a bug upstream, too. So you
would file a bug with GIMP at
<https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues>, and then reference the
bug in the Launchpad bug. Finally, the Ubuntu maintainers can wait for
the upstream fix.

Jeff