I merged a patch for this upstream this morning, I can tag & ship a new
upstream version.

On 28/10/15 14:31, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Package: src:libgdiplus
> Version: 3.6-1
> Tags: sid stretch patch
> Blocks: 803158
> User: gif...@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: giflib5
>
> Planning an update of giflib to the current version 5.1.1. Giflib
> slightly changes it's API, requiring soureful changes. There are some
> options for getting giflib5.1 support:
>
> - Look for a newer upstream version, if upstream supports
> both giflib4 and giflib5.1. Upload the new package,
> and close the bug report.
>
> - Patch the code to both use the NEW API. This can be done using
> #if GIFLIB_MAJOR >= 5
> <giflib5 code>
> #else
> <giflib4 code>
> #endif
> Please upload the package, and close the report.
>
> - Unconditionally patch the code, not supporting giflib4 anymore.
> Please upload a package to experimental once giflib5 hits
> experimental.
>
> For the latter two options, please see a patch at
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/222916930/libgdiplus_3.6-1build2_3.6-1ubuntu1.diff.gz
>
>
> To test your changes before giflib5 is found in experimental, please use
>
> deb https://people.debian.org/~doko/tmp/giflib5 ./
>
> Thanks, Matthias
>
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