Bug#354507: libkpathsea3 should be removed
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:16:17AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
>
> >> But that still leaves us with Olaf's statement that he is unsure about
> >> the API.
> >
> > That's not that hard to check.
> >
> > The API is defined through the header files, and below is a complete
> > diff of the header files.
> >
> > The only thing that looks slightly suspicious is the
> > kpse_file_format_type change, but I don't see any way for it to cause
> > serious problems.
>
> That's all fine, but still I don't see any value in investing work in
> the removal of libkpathsea3 now (from unstable only!), instead of filing
> bugs against the packages that still use it.
As I said earlier in this bug:
<-- snip -->
Now that teTeX 3.0 is in testing and these testing-specific issues are
no longer an issue, would you expect any problems with simply renaming
libkpathsea4-dev to libkpathsea-dev (and providing libkpathsea4-dev)?
<-- snip -->
This should be the easiest way.
> Regards, Frank
cu
Adrian
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