On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 at 01:01:39 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > If the new library is genuinely > compatible with the old library, then I think a better way to do this > would be to introduce an empty, transitional package with the old name > libwmf0.2-7.
This, for example: https://salsa.debian.org/yangfl-guest/libwmf/-/merge_requests/1 > Dependent packages like gimp and > abiword should continue to work, without needing to be recompiled at all > (please test that). I tested briefly with gimp and some sample WMF files (from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-wmf/2a2175b7-987e-4ff1-87fd-bf0573c72035 and https://www.armsandbadges.com/sample.htm), and it seems to work, although I'm sure someone who knows more about WMF could test more thoroughly. smcv