reassign 128377 gdk-imlib1 thanks >> "SMR" == Steve M Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> reassign 128377 gnome-help > thanks > Hi Folks, > GNOME's imlib1 library is linked with libpng2, and nobody > knows how to gracefully handle the change from libpng2-->libpng3 > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200201/msg00015.html > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200201/msg00243.html > So for the moment, I'm NOT planning to change imlib's linkage. Therefore, > all GNOME apps that build with both imlib1 and libpng, should build-depend > on libpng2-dev NOT libpng-dev. > In particular, gnome-core should revert this change: > gnome-core (1.4.0.4-15) unstable; urgency=low > * debian/control Replace libpng2-dev by libpng-dev in Build-Depends. > Now, the question is: should GNOME move to libpng3, and how? The QT/KDE > folks have sidestepped the problem by declaring that libqt2 is > remaining linked against libpng2, while libqt3 links with libpng3. I > don't see why we shouldn't adopt the same approach: leave imlib1 > linked with libpng2 and let imlib's successor libraries link against > libpng3. Comments? I disagree completely. We should *always* compile all packages against the latest library version and not downgrade the builg dependency to an old library. We have did the same change to move to libdb3. I really want to know why recompiling gdk-imlib1 is too hard ? Christian