[okular] [Bug 407998] Okular scales down pages when printing

[Sergio]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407998

--- Comment #6 from Sergio <sergio.callegari at gmail.com> ---
On 28/05/19 23:51, Nate Graham wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407998
>
> --- Comment #5 from Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> ---
>> I find it strange that they do not do so for KDE Applications
>   I suspect that it's partially  a resourcing issue and partially because
> there's much less urgency compared to a web browser, which is the #1 attack
> vector on most computers.
I also tend to see it as a resourcing issue. But KDE Applications also happen
to 
include a browser (konqueror) and an email client (kmail).
>> Still, if a distro makes the choice of staying with an outdated version that
>> is not updated upstream, that should mean providing some sort of downstream
>> support.
> That's not really how it works. If distros choose to package old versions of
> our software, that doesn't (and shouldn't) create any kind of obligation on our
> part to provide patches.

I know that there is no "obligation" from distros. I have not expressed myself 
correctly, sorry. What I meant is that if some user can find low risk patches 
for the unsupported version they ship (as I was trying to do), they should at 
least consider applying it downstream. For instance (with some resistance 
because of the SRU) they did when it was impossible to duplex.


> The IMO correct way to resolve this situation--if it
> needs resolving--would be to alter the KDE apps release model to have LTS
> releases like Plasma has. Then distros that insist on shipping old stuff can
> lock themselves into the LTS version of our apps and receive a steady stream of
> bugfixes, just like they do with Plasma.

> Then again, this wouldn't help you since the scaling chooser was a new feature,
> not a bugfix--so you'd need a newer major version anyway.
>
The scaling chooser is a new feature, but avoiding scaling something that
should 
obviously not be scaled (and so avoiding the waste of a lot of ink and paper) 
looks more like a bugfix. So there is a chance that an LTS policy could still 
help!  In any case, right now, I am working around the issue using okular as a 
viewer and FoxitReader for Linux to print. Hope I'll not have to do it until 
Ubuntu 19.10! ;-)

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