pd-iemlib: request for review/sponsoring

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

On 2013-12-13 15:51, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> so what's the recommended (minimal) package to build PDFs from DOCs?
> 
> I guess that'd be the package wv.  Or if results of that is too ugly, 
> then maybe unoconv.
> 
> To check alternatives, install apt-xapian-index and run this command:
> 
>   $ axi-cache search word pdf

`wv` gives me dismal results, so i tried `unoconv` which looks ok.
unfortunately, `unoconv` seems to not work properly in a pbuilder
environment, and even less so on the various build-machines.

doing a bit of research, i've found the following changelog entry for
the "pd-pmpd" package:

Felipe Sateler wrote on 2010-11-05 23:16:25:
> Use the upstream provided pdf file
>
> Unoconv is unreliable for use on buildds, due to OpenOffice
> apparently needing a desktop environment running.

so in this package, the decision to build the pdf from source was undone.
hmm.

while i keep trying with various packages (e.g. `antiword`, which
doesn't like UTF-8 when outputting PDFs), i would welcome very much any
*more* hints regarding this problem.
this ought to be a common problem.

fmadr
IOhannes

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