Bug#370822: xteddy: Please switch to newer version of imlib

[Moritz Muehlenhoff]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 04:46:27PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
>
>> severity 370822 serious
>> thanks
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 06:13:36PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>>> Package: xteddy
>>> Version: 2.0.2-2.1
>>> Severity: wishlist
>>>
>>> I just noticed that xteddy is still using imlib11.  Please
>>> switch to libimlib2-dev if at all possible; imlib11 is in
>>> oldlibs and will probably go away before etch+1.
>>
>> imlib1 will be removed for Squeeze, so this is now release-critical.
>
> Just to keep you informed about the status about this problem:
>
>   1. xteddy is dead upstream and I do not see any chance that
>      somebody will fix the bug.
>   2. there is a program called cteddy
>       http://cteddy.mangobrain.co.uk/
>      (_C_omposition teddy) which works with Gtk+ >= 2.1 and
>      might replace xteddy.  I actually have some packaging stuff on
>      my local hard disk.  Unfortunately there are some problems
>      with window managers which do not use composition.  I try
>      to sort out this with the author
>
> In short xteddy can go away at any team release team feels a need
> for removal.  There is some hope for a replacement of cteddy
> (and I actually setted Provides/Conflicts/Replaces: xteddy for
> my local cteddy package.

imlib11 is scheduled for removal and since the eventual replacement
through cteddy isn't related, please request removal from the
archive.

Cheers,
        Moritz