[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#803273: prepare for giflib5
Package: src:fontforge
Version: 20120731.b-5
Tags: sid stretch patch
Blocks: 803158
User: giflib@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/222916207/fontforge_20120731.b-5build2_20120731.b-5ubuntu1.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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