[SOLVED] what happened to XV in current ?

babydr · 03-03-2021, 08:33 PM

# locate xv | grep bin/xv
/usr/bin/xvidtune
/usr/bin/xvinfo
/usr/bin/xvminitoppm

That was one tiny but very nice graphics display tool :-(

Tia , JimL

garpu · 03-03-2021, 08:36 PM

Still there. It's in extra.

bassmadrigal · 03-04-2021, 10:15 AM

As garpu stated, it was moved to extra/. This happened in 2019 due to licensing along with a few other programs.

Code:

Fri Oct 18 21:00:50 UTC 2019
a/getty-ps-2.1.0b-x86_64-4.txz:  Removed.
xap/xfractint-20.04p13-x86_64-2.txz:  Removed.
xap/xv-3.10a-x86_64-9.txz:  Removed.
extra/getty-ps/getty-ps-2.1.0b-x86_64-4.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Moved here from the A series due to commercial use restrictions.
extra/xfractint/xfractint-20.04p14-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Moved here from the XAP series due to commercial use restrictions.
extra/xv/xv-3.10a-x86_64-9.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Moved here from the XAP series due to non-commercial use shareware license.

Tonus · 03-04-2021, 10:35 AM

Made me discover sxiv (in SBo). Even if I still use xv it's great software.

semiprime · 03-04-2021, 03:26 PM

"display" has taken over quick-image-display duties for me (it comes with imagemagick, so is installed by default).

I don't do anything complicated with it, but it displays many file types, including svg. And fewer security worries for untrusted files (xv doesn't appear to have been updated for about 20 years).

babydr · 03-10-2021, 05:16 PM

Thank you all , & definately Garpu !-)