[tex-live] possible problem with thumbpdf

[Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)]

Heiko Oberdiek wrote:

> Then important objects for the perl script thumbpdf are hidden,
> because compressed. In short, thumbpdf doesn't support compressed
> objects. Thus either use \pdfobjcompresslevel=0 or don't use
> thumbpdf. I don't have plans to extend thumbpdf, because supporting
> compressed objects would require a complete rewrite of thumbpdf using
> a PDF library. And I doubt the usefulness of thumbpdf nowadays, when
> AR versions generate thumbnails on the fly very fast.

Could "thumbpdf" itself perhaps specify "\pdfobjcompresslevel = 0\relax" ?
* Phil.