reassign 542562 ftp.debian.org retitle 542562 RM: libgnome2-print-perl -- RoM; unused perl binding to a deprecated library quit On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:42:24PM +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > -=| joss@debian.org, Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:54:57AM +0200 |=- > > Package: libgnome2-print-perl > > Version: 1.000-1 > > Severity: important > > > > libgnome2-print-perl currently still uses libgnomeprint. However, > > libgnomeprint and libgnomeprintui are going to be soon deprecated > > upstream. The GtkPrint replacement (built in GTK+ itself) has been > > available for 3 years. > > > > I???d like to remove libgnomeprint packages before the squeeze > > release. This can only be done by getting rid of as much as possible > > of the reverse dependencies. > > > > Note that some of these packages already include GtkPrint support, > > but you have to select it at compile time. Otherwise, please consider > > porting to the much more modern Cairo/GtkPrint API. > > There is no mention of GtkPrint in the sources, so I guess > Gnome2::Print is not ready to use that. It appears GtkPrint is > available via Gtk2 module (libgtk2-perl). > > > As for bindings, they don???t have any reverse dependencies except > > for the Python ones, so they should simply be removed ASAP. > > Shall we remove libgnome2-print-perl from the archive? The popcon > rating doesn't seem particularly high: > http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=libgnome2-print-perl > I think we should. Requesting removal. -- _________________________ Ryan Niebur ryanryan52@gmail.com
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