Bug#1116981: gdk-pixbuf: switch to glycin loaders

Benjamin Gilbert bgilbert at backtick.net
Thu Oct 2 03:05:31 BST 2025


On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM Jeremy Bícha <jbicha at debian.org> wrote:
> We will need to keep the classic gdk-pixbuf loaders available for many
> Debian ports where glycin is not available:

In addition, Glycin currently does not support XPM images [1].  Many
older X11 applications use gdk-pixbuf to load XPM icons or other UI
elements, and some will crash outright if this fails.

[1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glycin/-/issues/192



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