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Re: libjpegv7 transition



On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 07:21:17PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote:
> Bill Allombert wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 09:30:33PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 08:22:04PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> >>>> Those build-depend on libjpeg62-dev | libjpeg-dev:
> >>>> Package: csmash
> >>>> Package: djvulibre
> >>>> Package: epm
> >>>> Package: flightgear
> >>>> Package: iceape
> >>>> Package: libmng
> >>>> Package: metapixel
> >>>> Package: simgear
> >>>> Package: uvccapture
> >>>> Package: wine
> >>>> Package: xmhtml
> >>>> Package: ygraph
> 
> >>>> And a vast majority of packages build-depend on libjpeg62-dev (that is
> >>>> roughly 220 packages if I'm correct).
> 
> Are bugs for these filed already to have them build depend on libjpeg-dev?

not by me.

> > I suppose it can be safely argued that breaking binary compatibility once 
> > in ten years is better than breaking them every years.
> > 
> >> We will probably need to keep a libjpeg62 around in squeeze btw, as it's
> >> likely that some external stuff will require it...
> 
> Do you know examples of these?

I fear that stuff like oracle installer or older vmware versions or
similar stuff would be affected.

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