Folks, we've gone round and round on this bug literally for *years*!
Is anyone reading who is close enough to the developers just to call
or email or skype someone who is familiar with the libreoffice code
and ask for a patch?

Many thanks if you can!

--jh--

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Christopher M. Penalver
<email address hidden> wrote:
> ** Description changed:
>
>  1) lsb_release -rd
>  Description:  Ubuntu 11.04
>  Release:      11.04
>
>  2) apt-cache policy evince
>  evince:
>    Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2
>    Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2
>    Version table:
>   *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2 0
>          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>       2.32.0-0ubuntu12 0
>          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
>
>  3) What is expected in Impress via the Terminal:
>
>  cd ~/Desktop && wget
> - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/164233/+attachment/2281555/+files/example.odp
> + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/164233/+attachment/2281555/+files/example.odp
>  && loimpress -nologo example.odp
>
>  export the file with Gradient 1 inserted into the background to pdf (
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/164233/+attachment/2281556/+files/example.pdf
>  ), open the pdf with Evince and it looks as it does in both Impress and
>  Adobe Reader.
>
>  4) What happens instead is Evince shows a striped gradient.
>
>  WORKAROUND: Use Adobe Reader.
>
>  apt-cache policy acroread
>  acroread:
>    Installed: 9.4.2-0natty1
>    Candidate: 9.4.2-0natty1
>    Version table:
>   *** 9.4.2-0natty1 0
>          500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty/partner i386 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ** Description changed:
>
>  1) lsb_release -rd
>  Description:  Ubuntu 11.04
>  Release:      11.04
>
>  2) apt-cache policy evince
>  evince:
>    Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2
>    Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2
>    Version table:
>   *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.2 0
>          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>       2.32.0-0ubuntu12 0
>          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
>
>  3) What is expected in Impress via the Terminal:
>
>  cd ~/Desktop && wget
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/164233/+attachment/2281555/+files/example.odp
>  && loimpress -nologo example.odp
>
>  export the file with Gradient 1 inserted into the background to pdf (
> - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/164233/+attachment/2281556/+files/example.pdf
> + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/164233/+attachment/2281556/+files/example.pdf
>  ), open the pdf with Evince and it looks as it does in both Impress and
>  Adobe Reader.
>
>  4) What happens instead is Evince shows a striped gradient.
>
>  WORKAROUND: Use Adobe Reader.
>
>  apt-cache policy acroread
>  acroread:
>    Installed: 9.4.2-0natty1
>    Candidate: 9.4.2-0natty1
>    Version table:
>   *** 9.4.2-0natty1 0
>          500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty/partner i386 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164233
>
> Title:
>  [Upstream] Exporting pdf from LibreOffice with smooth gradient
>  displays striped in Evince, shows correctly in Adobe Reader
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