Bug#657253: Xprint is deprecated, so remove libxp?
Package: libxp6
Version: 1:1.0.1-2
Severity: wishlist
File: libxp
Subject: libxp: Xprint is deprecated, so remove libxp?
Package: libxp6
Version: 1:1.0.1-2
File: libxp
Severity: wishlist
The xprint package is obsolete and scheduled for removal. A related
library is libxp, which provides an API that enables client programs
to access and use an Xprint server. Since we've gotten rid of
xprint, one could argue it makes sense to get rid of libxp as well.
A number of packages depend on libxp. This situation sometimes arises
historically from the time before xprint was considered obsolete, with
Build-depends: libxp-dev being set in the past and then forgotten and
untouched. Bug have been filed to prompt developers to check if they
really want Xprint (libxp) support in their packages.
I'll leave libxp in the archives for the time being until the
other packages using it have determined whether they want to keep the
dependency. But xprint itself and other related packages are already
removed now.
This bug has been filed to put the question of whether or not to keep
libxp on the record, and to help keep track of the dependent packages
(and the bugs filed against them).
Current packages with libxp dependencies:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libxp6 depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-24
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-4
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-4
ii libxext6 2:1.3.0-3
ii multiarch-support 2.13-24
libxp6 recommends no packages.
libxp6 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libxp6 depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-24
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-4
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-4
ii libxext6 2:1.3.0-3
ii multiarch-support 2.13-24
libxp6 recommends no packages.
libxp6 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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