Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On November 7, 2013 at 2:31 PM Per Jessen
wrote: I think we ought to keep acroread in the distro simply because it's about usability. The current suggestions: Usability ... hmm, well, my first concern is security. If someone trusts the unmaintained stuff, then he/she should install it.
a) download it from adobe yourself b) use something else
c) if someone is really interested, why doesn't he maintain his own version in OBS?
We really ought to keep our focus on the general/default user, not our own narrow-minded use-cases. I also have no problem with installing acroread myself or even using okular (still a bit kludgy imho), but Grandma Brown and her support-grandson most probably will see things differently. I know my 70-something year old mother would.
are not good enough. If (a) was a real solution, why are we building building a distro at all. (b) is not a solution because there is no 100% replacement for acroread.
By removing acroread, we are sacrificing critical usability because of a rule about unmaintained software. I suggest we reconsider and wait until the alternatives have caught up. Once we have a mature plug-compatible alternative, we can remove acroread.
Now, as there have been many complaints about okular and other replacements here on this list: honestly, does anyone have opened a bug for it?
Let's not open that can of worms. People have probably looked at okular then installed acroread. Problem solved. I use acroread because I need some assurance that whatever PDF's I produce will look correct/appropriate in the tool used by my customers.
... hmm, I guess no, and so will it be until users are starting to use other things than acroread ... and they won't start until that package is removed.
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