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Update bundled PDF.js from 2.8.335 to current version
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Description
Quarto bundles PDF.js 2.8.335 (from 2021) at share/formats/pdf/pdfjs/. The current PDF.js version is 5.x.
Updating would bring security fixes, performance improvements, and would also help Positron address https://github.com/posit-dev/positron-builds/issues/812. 😅
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the bundled files in share/formats/pdf/pdfjs/ and trace how Quarto includes them in PDF output. Update that bundle to the current PDF.js 5.x release, then verify PDF generation still works and that the bundled version is no longer 2.8.335.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100