[pdftex] SVG Graphics

[Martin Schröder]

2011/6/11 Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk>:
> original (pre-)pdftex claimed it was able to read tiff graphics.  the
> ability was withdrawn after complaints about its many failures.  i'm
> involved with the project, but i assumed the complaints were about tiffs
> with weird formats embedded.

The tiff inclusion only handled rgb.
libtiff is a security nightmare and bloated the binary.

Best
   Martin