Subject: Re: bug#43693: To remove references to xv as non-free software

From: Robert Weiner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:51:28 -0400

Will add to the todo list.  Would be helpful if you specified a
similarly simple replacement.  -- Bob

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 2:39 AM Jean Louis <[email-masked]> wrote:

> > Under the X Window System, if you have the `xv' program, all of the
> following
> > file formats may be displayed externally as images: gif, tiff, xbm, pm,
> pbm,
> > and jpeg.
>
> Even from DEMO file, the references to xv should be removed, as it is
> non-free software, it should not be referenced from GNU Hyperbole, and
> it is not used much today, there are many other image viewers and all
> are free software.
>
> I use:  Editor:      GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 15, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X
> toolkit, cairo version 1.14.8, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>
>         Hyperbole:   7.1.2
>         Sys Type:    x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>         OS Type:     gnu/linux
>         Window Sys:  x
>         News Reader: Gnus v5.13
>
>
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