Re: Bug#155689: libgtk2.0-png3: -png3 should Provides: libgtk2.0-0
On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 20:47, Akira TAGOH wrote:
> Hey, libgtk2.0-0png3 isn't really broken the binary
> compatibility. for example, metacity actually works without
> rebuild. it was just changing the dependency and to avoid
> that the programs links both of libpng2 and libpng3 at the
> same time.
Okay - when will it break binary compatibility? And if it doesn't break
binary compatibility ever, why change the package name?
> If we can't provide the GTK+2.0 which is built against
> libpng2 without conflicts, we have a way only which is
> waiting a new thing.
What is this way, and what is it waiting on?
> BTW how much are there such a commercial program?
No clue. I've not heard of many gtk, and no gtk2.0.
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Joe Drew <hoserhead@woot.net> <drew@debian.org>
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