Re: OT: Ghostscript differences

[Carsten Neumann <deltor@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 08 Aug 2002, Andreas Klemm wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 04:13:51PM +0200, Carsten Neumann wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I want to install a more recent version of Ghostscript.
> > I'm currently running 6.52 but that sometimes crashes on PDF dcuments.
> > 
> > Can anyone please tell me what are the _functional_ differences between AFPL and GNU Ghostscript?
> > Missing devices/features, is one the superset?
> 
> Ask the gs developers, I can't tell.

Since I'm not subscribed to a gs list my first attempt was to
ask people who use ghostscript daily.

> As usual in the software industry I think it will contain
> - code improvements
> - functional enhancements (new drivers, new features)
> - bug fixes

Which one compared to which?
GNU to AFPL or AFPL to GNU? 8-|

There are now 3 "most recent" versions:
7.04: the latest AFPL
7.05: the latest GNU
7.21: the latest development (when I downloaded it)

> 
> What about reading the readme's of both products and compare.

Have you ever tried to dig through the GS doc? 8-)
It's all HTML!
And "Readme.htm" just gives an overview of ghostscript, just general stuff.
Nothing about technical details/differences.

I might have overseen something, but I couldn't find anything
telling about the _individual_ features.

> Did you look onto the official gs website ???

Of course! :-)
That's where I usually start when I look for new versions.

> 
> 	Andreas ///

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you,
kind regards

	Carsten