Various programs and SVG image mis-rendering

[Stephen Satchell]

On 3/14/24 1:36 PM, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
> On 3/14/24 15:30, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>> 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.

> As an Ubuntu Developer, **no, please do not file upstream bugs for 
> software from the official Ubuntu repos.** Ubuntu ships older versions 
> of software than upstream, and upstreams are known for getting upset 
> when people report distro package bugs to them. You can report these 
> bugs using the `ubuntu-bug` tool, which will report it on Launchpad. The 
> Ubuntu devs can then determine if the bug needs to be forwarded upstream 
> or not.
> 
> It is a good idea to file bugs though, so thank you for suggesting that. 
> Just need to make sure the bugs are reported to the right place.

And so I have, filed an Ubuntu bug on "gos", which is the package for 
image viewer.  I've also documented what I found with other packages; do 
what you will with the report.

In the process, I found there is an interesting problem in Inkscape as 
to how it manages text.  Not wrong, just weird.  Why scale text height 
unnecessarily?  Not Ubuntu's problem, I downloaded InkScape directly 
from their web site, although I see the Ubuntu has now caught up with 
the most current version.