Libraries to move to oldlibs
What follows is a list of libraries that are included in Debian, outside the
oldlibs section. All of the libraries listed have a newer version available.
My question, is what should be done with these libraries?
* Old libraries that lots of programs still use:
libasound1 (1 bug)- move it to oldlibs, file bugs against packages that depend
on it, and remove it once all packages have been recompiled against
libasound2.
libdb2 (1 bug) - lots of packages do not work with libdb3 (exim), and there
are problems in with data files in the transition, leave the libdb2 its
current place, or move it to oldlibs to show that it is deprecated.
libqt2 (2 bugs) - move to oldlibs, and file bugs against packages requesting
that they be recompiled with libqt3, do not remove libqt2 from oldlibs for
some time, because packages outside of Debian might be compiled against it.
libxml1 (2 bugs) - it is my understanding that the API changed between libxml1
and libxml2 and some effort is required to port. Maybe libxml1 should be moved
to oldlibs to show that it is deprecated.
* Old libraries that no programs are using:
libgmp2 (5 bugs), libgtk1 (3 bugs), libxdelta2 (0 bugs), plib1.3 (0 bugs)
These libraries should be removed from Debian.
* Old libraries that a few programs depend on:
libasound0.4 (0 bugs) - xamixer-0.4 (1 bug) (replaced with gamixer)
libbz2 (0 bugs) - clanlib0-common
libcap1 (1 bug) - zsh, libpam-modules, zsh-beta
libpisock3 (1 bug) - yank, gnome-pilot-conduits, libpqa
libsdl-image1.0 (0 bugs) - dossizola, bugsquish, madbomber
libsdl-mixer1.0 (0 bugs) - gemdropx, bugsquish, madbomber
libsdl1.0 (1 fixed bug) - dossizola, gemdropx, bugsquish, xsabre, madbomber
libxaw6 (0 bugs) - rosegarden (6 bugs)
plib1 (0 bugs) - flightgear (10 bugs)
vflib2 (6 open bugs, 3 fixed bugs) - dvi2ps, mgp, xdvik-ja
These libraries should all be moved to oldlibs, bugs should be filed against
the packages that depend on them, all but libsdl* and libxaw6 should be
removed from Debian once there are no packages compiled against them.
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