PDF version 1.7 by default?

[Norbert Preining]

On Fri, 07 Feb 2025, Karl Berry wrote:
> Does anyone know of specific practical compatibility problems that might
> ensue if we switch to 1.7 by default? I know there can be problems "in
> theory". But does anyone know of resulting problems in practice?

Never seen anything.

And one can still easily reduce the pdf version from TeX code itself,
too, if necessary.

> > We will default to 2.0 if \DocumentMetadata is used, as this is better 
> > when the PDF is tagged

Agreed with that!

Best regards

Norbert

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