Release of GNU Ghostscript 6.53

We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Ghostscript 6.53. This release is an important security update. See doc/News.htm for details.

Also new in this release:

• autoconf build support
• improved asian language support
• integrates the IJS driver
• integrates the Gimp-Print driver
• the usual misc bugfixes

Sourceforge and cs.wisc.edu are the primary distribution sites for this release.

Thanks to everybody who helped on this release.

Ralph Giles
2002-02-13