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This alpha release marks the return of GNU a2ps to the Translation Project.

Some other minor issues have also been fixed.

Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature:
  https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-4.14.91.tar.gz
  https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-4.14.91.tar.gz.sig

Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
  https://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html

Here are the SHA1 and SHA256 checksums:

36c2514304132eb2eb8921252145ced28f209182  a2ps-4.14.91.tar.gz
1LQ+pPTsYhMbt09CdSMrTaMP55VIi0MP7oaa+zDvRG0  a2ps-4.14.91.tar.gz

The SHA256 checksum is base64 encoded, instead of the
hexadecimal encoding that most checksum tools default to.

Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
.sig suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig file
and the corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:

  gpg –verify a2ps-4.14.91.tar.gz.sig

The signature should match the fingerprint of the following key:

  pub   rsa2048 2013-12-11 [SC]
        2409 3F01 6FFE 8602 EF44  9BB8 4C8E F3DA 3FD3 7230
  uid   Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
  uid   keybase.io/rrt <rrt@keybase.io>

If that command fails because you don’t have the required public key,
or that public key has expired, try the following commands to retrieve
or refresh it, and then rerun the ‘gpg –verify’ command.

  gpg –locate-external-key rrt@sc3d.org

  gpg –recv-keys 4C8EF3DA3FD37230

  wget -q -O- ‘https://savannah.gnu.org/project/release-gpgkeys.php?group=a2ps&download=1’ | gpg –import –

As a last resort to find the key, you can try the official GNU
keyring:

  wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg
  gpg –keyring gnu-keyring.gpg –verify a2ps-4.14.91.tar.gz.sig

This release was bootstrapped with the following tools:
  Autoconf 2.69
  Automake 1.16.1
  Gnulib v0.1-5347-gc0c72120f0

NEWS

* Noteworthy changes in release 4.14.91 (2022-08-08) [alpha]
 * Build:
   – Re-add a2ps to the Translation Project, and remove po files from git.
 * Bug fixes:
   – Remove reference to @COM_distill@ variable in a2ps_cfg.in.
 * Documentation:
   – Format –help output consistently to 80 columns.
   – Fix a couple of message typos.

You have a perfectly healthy, functioning Epson inkjet printer in your home office. It’s served you well for years and you use it frequently. Then, one day, you go to print a document and realize that the printer isn’t working. A message on the display reads “a part inside your printer is at the end of its service life. Service is required.” That’s funny, you think. You hadn’t noticed anything wrong with your printer before this message appeared. The device was working well and the quality of the printing was fine. If nothing was broken, why are you suddenly getting this message? More important: how do you get rid of it so that you can continue using your printer? This should absolutely be criminal behaviour. If there was ever an industry that could do with a worldwide judicial probe and investigation, it’s the printer makers. They employ so many clearly scammy business practices, and get away with them too.