Bug#1038804: libxml++2.6: Old ABI, not recommended for new applications

[Dmitry Smirnov]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:18:48 +0200 Bastian Germann <bage at debian.org> 
wrote:
> The blocking bugs can be addressed easily now that libxml++-4.0 and
> libxml++-5.0 are in the archive. forky should be released without this
> package.

It is not so "easy" to address the problem when _upstream_ had to
migrate to new libraries. Besides, those libraries are not available
in backports. Let's not rush matters please, and inflate severity.

"Not recommended" does not warrant severity "setious" IMHO.

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All the best,
 Dmitry Smirnov
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