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Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3



On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:07:00AM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> Now, the question is: should GNOME move to libpng3, and how?  The QT/KDE
> folks have sidestepped the problem by declaring that libqt2 is
> remaining linked against libpng2, while libqt3 links with libpng3.  I
> don't see why we shouldn't adopt the same approach: leave imlib1
> linked with libpng2 and let imlib's successor libraries link against
> libpng3.  Comments?

Those are the *Debian* QT/KDE people. A change like this should not be
decided by just Debian, or else people won't be able to run binaries
made on other distros and vice-versa.

Is the LSB the right forum for this?

-- 
Bart.



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