This is a maintanence release of the stable GPL branch of Ghostscript.
Major changes include:
A rather serious security problem has been fixed, where PostScript
code could allow the execution of arbitrary commands.
There is also a new -DPARANOIDSAFER option, which locks down
reading of arbitrary files.
Important improvements in asian language support contributed by the
gs-cjk team.
This release integrates the IJS driver, which makes it much easier
to add and upgrade printer drivers without needing to recompile
Ghostscript.
This release integrates a client for the Gimp-Print (stp)
library of high-quality inkjet drivers.
Also new in this release is a configure script (generated by GNU
Autoconf) for automatically configuring the makefile on Unix platforms.
Those who enjoy the fun of hand-editing the makefile are still welcome
to do so.
There are also the usual minor big fixes.
Incompatible changes
No incompatible changes have been recorded for this version.
Authors of drivers with potential security implications are
encouraged to review the security changes, however.
This file is part of GNU Ghostscript. See the
GNU General Public License (the "License") for
full details of the terms of using, copying, modifying, and redistributing
GNU Ghostscript.