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authorJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2009-10-11 16:42:40 +0200
committerJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2009-10-11 16:42:40 +0200
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@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
2.1
===
- * For some reason, /MT with msvc and -static-libgcc with mingw both
- produce lots of test suite failures. Why do some things work and
- some things not work? Is it static data in PCRE or zlib? Is it
- something in my code?
-
* Update documentation to reflect new command line flags and any
other relevant changes. Should read through ChangeLog and the
manual before releasing 2.1.
+ * Update release documentation to remember not to include debugging
+ in the Windows release.
+
* Add comments for the security functions that map them back to the
items in Adobe's products.
@@ -23,41 +21,42 @@
through all error messages to try to include all these fields as
appropriate. Make sure invalid password is specifically
detectable. I/O errors and so forth should also be
- distinguishable.
+ distinguishable. Make sure all errors include information about
+ the most recent read location including byte offset and
+ object/generation number.
- * Test DLL works on a fresh XP installation
+ * It might be nice to be able to trap I/O errors separately from
+ other errors; especially be able to separate errors that the user
+ can fix (like permission errors) from errors that they probably
+ can't fix like corrupted PDF files, unsupported filters, or
+ internal errors. However, only QPDF::processFile(), which does the
+ initial read, and QPDFWriter::QPDFWriter(), which does the initial
+ write, are at all likely to generate such errors for a case other
+ than a catastrophic failure.
* "Delphi wrapper unit 'qpdf.pas' created by Zarko Gajic
(http://delphi.about.com). .. use at your own risk and for whatever
the purpose you want .. no support provided. Sample code provided."
+2.2
+===
+
* Add ability to create new streams or replace stream data. Consider
stream data sources to include a file and offset, a buffer, or a
some kind of callback mechanism. Find messages exchanged with
Stefan Heinsen <stefan.heinsen@gmx.de> in August, 2009. He seems
to like to send encrypted mail. (key 01FCC336)
- * Improve the error message generated when processing the broken
- files...ideally we should provide the object number currently being
- read
+ * See whether we can do anything with /V > 3 in the encryption
+ dictionary. (V = 4 is Crypt Filters.) See
+ ~/Q/pdf-collection/R4-encrypt-PDF_Inside_and_Out.pdf
+
+ * Look at page splitting.
General
=======
- * It might be nice to be able to trap I/O errors separately from
- other errors; especially be able to separate errors that the user
- can fix (like permission errors) from errors that they probably
- can't fix like corrupted PDF files, unsupported filters, or
- internal errors. However, only QPDF::processFile(), which does the
- initial read, and QPDFWriter::QPDFWriter(), which does the initial
- write, are at all likely to generate such errors for a case other
- than a catastrophic failure.
-
- * See whether we can do anything with /V > 3 in the encryption
- dictionary. (V = 4 is Crypt Filters.) See
- ~/Q/pdf-collection/R4-encrypt-PDF_Inside_and_Out.pdf
-
* The second xref stream for linearized files has to be padded only
because we need file_size as computed in pass 1 to be accurate. If
we were not allowing writing to a pipe, we could seek back to the
@@ -122,5 +121,6 @@ taking care not to traverse into the pages tree, and then to fabricate
a new pages tree.
Either way, care must be taken to handle other things such as
-outlines, page labels, thumbnails, threads, etc. in a sensible way.
-This may include simply omitting information other than page content.
+outlines, page labels, thumbnails, threads, zones, etc. in a sensible
+way. This may include simply omitting information other than page
+content.