Changes in the most recent release of Ghostscript

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Version 7.02 (2001-09-22)

This is a prerelease of Ghostscript, in preparation for a forthcoming fully tested, supported 7.0x release. We are skipping the 7.01 release number because that number is now associated with CVS versions.

Major changes include:

Release issues that will be fixed before next fully supported version:

The following SourceForge bug numbers are currently open: 215256, 219798, 222727, 224863, 226477, 405342, 406285, 406689, 406979, 407342, 411753, 413669, 414947, 414985, 415016, 415142, 415170, 415177, 415526, 416043, 416131, 416830, 418241, 418597, 421057, 422532, 423838, 426274, 427193, 427314, 427316, 427347, 428891, 428973, 430879, 431065, 432040, 432657, 433835, 434277, 434707, 435154, 436099, 436897, 437285, 438679, 438957, 441566, 442477, 443745, 444791, 446344, 446672, 446676, 446035, 447695, 448199, 450271, 450663, 451456, 452155, 452173, 453861, 453969, 457838, 458025, 458261, 458500, 458769, 458775, 458780, 458818, 459645, 459647, 459764, 460292, 462139, 462212, 462221, 462319, 462777, 463123, 463400.

Incompatible changes

No incompatible changes have been recorded for this version.



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This file is part of AFPL Ghostscript. See the Aladdin Free Public License (the "License") for full details of the terms of using, copying, modifying, and redistributing AFPL Ghostscript.

Ghostscript version 7.02, 22 September 2001