[libreoffice-design] pdf import design docs?

[Michael Stahl]

On 05.10.2016 23:50, Larry Evans wrote:
> On 10/05/2016 03:07 PM, Michael Stahl wrote:
>> On 05.10.2016 17:24, Michael Meeks wrote:
>>
>> actually the separate process is a potential security advantage, if we
>> would only realize that and sandbox it properly - C++ based PDF readers
>> tend to accumulate quite some CVEs...
> [snip]
> CVE = Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures?:
>    https://cve.mitre.org/about/

yes, now look here
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=xpdf

>>> 	In general - it would be -way- better to pick up something like eg.
>>> pdfium - and add a rendering front-end there to match first, the same
>>> protocol (but we can do this in-process), and subsquently to simplify
>>> and factor lots of that madness out =) PDFium seems to be gaining
>>> traction in browsers (Chrome + Firefox) and so on.
> 
> Mr. Stahl, what about this idea of using PDFium?

i have no idea what that is :)