On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Daniel Baumann wrote: > retitle 401287 libungif to libgif transition > severity 401287 wishlist > thanks > > after etch, there will be a transition for this.
Ok, but why are we shipping giflib-tools in etch at all? Please take a look at this: # apt-get install giflib-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libgif4 The following packages will be REMOVED: emacs21 gdk-imlib11 gettext-el libungif4g libwraster3 mplayer mplayer-skin-blue python-mode wmaker xzgv The following NEW packages will be installed: giflib-tools libgif4 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 10 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 204kB of archives. After unpacking 23.9MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. IMHO, this is the kind of things we should try to avoid in a stable release, as they create a lot of confusion for our ousers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]