New upstream version available: 1.9

[Alex Valavanis]

Binary package hint: potrace

(Already reported in Debian. Just adding a note for Ubuntu)

A new version is available upstream. Please consider updating the package.

ChangeLog head:

v1.9 2010/12/21
 (2010/12/20) PS1 - getopt.h: fixed compiler warnings
 (2010/12/20) PS1 - added --tty option to specify progress bar
 rendering at runtime.
 (2010/12/20) PS1 - added simplified progress bar for Windows or
 other dumb terminals. New --enable-dumb-tty configuration option.
 (2010/12/16) PS1 - test suite: fixed bug where a failed test was
 not reported in backend-check.sh
 (2010/12/15) PS1 - test suite: support for $EXEEXT
 (2010/12/15) PS1 - optimized penalty3 inner loop, 4.6% speedup.
 (2010/12/15) PS1 - autoconf: new CADD variable to add to CFLAGS
 (2010/12/15) PS1 - fixed some compiler warnings, added some error
 handlers, and added some cosmetic top-level free's.
 (2010/11/25) PS1 - added support for some BMP version 4 and 5
 files, and for top-down BMP files. Suggested by Kanwar Sangwan.
 (2010/11/13) PS1 - don't enter filter mode if -- is used
 (2010/11/09) PS1 - greymap.h, bitmap.h: drop unneeded dependencies
 (2010/09/07) PS1 - autoconf: fixed getopt_long test to allow
 cross-compiling, bug #3061403, reported by Igor Filippov.
 (2010/08/31) PS1 - test suite: added environment variables
 CHECK_POTRACE and CHECK_MKBITMAP to allow binaries outside the
 build tree to be tested
 (2010/08/09) PS1 - autoconf: converted to libtool
 (2010/08/05) PS1 - autoconf: renamed configure.in as configure.ac
 (2010/08/05) PS1 - autoconf: added --with-libpotrace to optionally
 install the Potrace library and header files.
 (2009/08/03) PS1 - portability: c++ wrapper in potracelib.h,
 suggested by Peter Jankuliak.
 (2009/05/13) PS1 - added pdfpage backend for fixed pagesize PDF
 output.
 (2008/10/08) PS1 - mkbitmap: speed increase by 8% to 26% by
 eliminating unnecessary bounds checks and interpolation.
 (2008/10/05) PS1 - trace.c: separate function for path reversal
 (2008/10/03) PS1 - progress.h: do the right thing if progress ==
 NULL
 (2008/10/03) PS1 - moved detrand() to auxiliary.h
 (2008/08/21) PS1 - mkbitmap: added --blur option.
 (2008/08/12) PS1 - combined the old -V option with -v.
 (2008/08/12) PS1 - test suite: adjusted tolerances to fix bug
 #1745456
 (2007/12/31) PS1 - include curve.h where path_t is used
 (2007/12/28) PS1 - flush stderr when interleaved with stdout
 (2007/12/28) PS1 - portability: don't hardcode size of short int
 (2007/11/09) PS1 - eps backend: use save-restore to avoid
 polluting caller's dictionary and for page independence.
 (2007/05/22) PS1 - xfig backend: added depth to opaque components
 to avoid them floating to the background. Suggested by Rafael
 Laboissiere.