This document is news about the most recent Ghostscript release. For earlier versions, see the history documents:
History of Ghostscript versions 8.n
History of Ghostscript versions 7.n
History of Ghostscript versions 6.n
History of Ghostscript versions 5.n
History of Ghostscript versions 4.n
History of Ghostscript versions 3.n
History of Ghostscript versions 2.n
History of Ghostscript versions 1.n
For other information, see the Ghostscript overview.
This is a re-release of AFPL Ghostscript 8.54 under the GNU GPL. It is otherwise unchanged.
This is the fifth stable release in the 8.5x series of Ghostscript. It contains a numerous bug fixes and improvements.
The following bugs were open at the time of this release:
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There are no known incompatible changes at this point.
Copyright © 2005-2006 artofcode LLC. All rights reserved.
This software is provided AS-IS with no warranty, either express or implied. This software is distributed under license and may not be copied, modified or distributed except as expressly authorized under the terms of that license. Refer to licensing information at www.artifex.com/ or contact Artifex Software, Inc., 7 Mt. Lassen Drive - Suite A-134, San Rafael, CA 94903, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861, for further information.
Ghostscript version 8.54, 17 May 2006
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