Re: [Gimp-print-devel] macos gutenprint52+usb backend

[Steve L. <sle...@ya...>]

I have been wondering if I have been missing some of the conversations, not having built a version for some time.  I have seen a lot of changes and want to do a test build. 

This is the first I have seen about a build, is there a tar file for me?

Steve Letter

> On Feb 10, 2019, at 10:37 AM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 20:05:15 -0800, Matt Broughton wrote:
>>> I think a new release would be preferable.  It's a lot easier to ask
>>> "what version of Gutenprint are you using" (that's easily available)
>>> than "have you installed the supplement" (d'uh, what's that, of course
>>> I have!).
>>> 
>>> We do have some changes from 5.2.14 IIRC.  And then there's 5.3...
>> 
>> A stopgap measure might be to have those who need the
>> gutenprint52+usb backend revert back to v5.2.13.  I checked and
>> found the backend in that package.  The missing backend appears to
>> have started with v5.2.14-pre2.
> 
> There are some important improvements in 5.2.14 (fixing a crash, and
> the color problem that regressed in 5.2.13) that I'd really like to
> get out as soon as practicable.
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