Bug#642265: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev build-deps require old libpng12-dev package
Tobias Frost
tobi at debian.org
Fri Dec 18 19:34:45 UTC 2015
Am Freitag, den 18.12.2015, 19:45 +0100 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 18.12.2015 um 18:42 schrieb Tobias Frost:
> > Source: gdk-pixbuf
> > Followup-For: Bug #642265
> >
> > Dear Michael,
> >
> > please consider updating the alternate B-D of libpng-dev from
> > libpng12-dev to
> > libpng16-dev to faciliate easier compiling against the newer libpng
> > from
> > experimental, helping the transistion.
>
> For that I'd like to see a credible transition plan first, before
> doing
> any changes.
>
> What I remember from the libpng transition is, that so far it's been
> planned and executed poorly [1].
Currently its libpng-dev | libpng12-dev; as you know the buildds will
anyway always take the first option, so there this is a noop anyway.
(libpng-dev is provided by libpng12-dev)
But it helps (a little) when trying to compile packages against the
newer library...
> Regards,
> Michael
>
> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=673542
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