Converting pdfs

[NoOp]

On 10/26/2012 11:33 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2012/10/27 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
>> On 10/25/2012 08:40 PM, rikona wrote:
>>> I have a ton of stuff stored in pdf format that will need to be
>>> accessed for many years to come. With Adobe dropping some linux
>>> support, is this a significant risk? Is there a way to convert pdfs to
>>> another format, **reliably**, so I can start to convert docs to a more
>>> accessible long-term format?
>>
>> Take Alexander Skwar's advise. Regarding non-Adobe readers, be aware
>> that there is a significant bug that affects evince with forms:
>>
>> <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668791>
>> [PDF created by evince unreadable in other pdf viewers]
>> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/897322>
>> [PDF saved forms are not compatible with Adobe Reader ]
> 
> Installing poppler 0.19.4 or later will fix it, as it seems.
> 

Well yes Johnny it will. Hence my comment below: "Ubuntu hasn't fixed
the problem in 12.04 & only upgraded poppler in 12.10 Quantal".
And had you actually read 668791 prior to commenting, you would have
found this comment:
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668791#c10>
<quote>
NoOp 2012-05-23 19:50:42 UTC

Found the poppler bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49080
[Bug 49080 - PDF file modified by poppler is not compatible with acroread]
Status:     RESOLVED FIXED
>From comment #3
Fixed in 0.19.4
(commit b1d5c6c0a20a4a24b42de66db23e0f63d10ca52d)

I do not have anything above 0.18 at the moment.
</quote>

and from
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/897322/comments/13>
<quote>
NoOp (glgxg) wrote on 2012-05-23: 	#13

Sebastien: This may have been fixed in poppler 0.19.4, see
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49080
[PDF file modified by poppler is not compatible with acroread]

Poppler stable 0.20 was released <http://poppler.freedesktop.org/> on
May 10, 2012. Do you know if there is a ppa version that I can test with?
</quote>

> 
>> This also is apparent with xpdf, okular, and any other PDF application
>> that uses the libpoppler rendering library. Were I you, I'd be more
>> concerned as to why Ubuntu hasn't fixed the problem in 12.04 & only
>> upgraded poppler in 12.10 Quantal. It's the same BS as usual... ignore
>> LTS release fixes and only concentrate on the next 6 month release.
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