Bug#615809: pngsuite is now DFSG-free
Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote:
> I still recommend removing the embedded copies of libpng (and pngsuite),
good idea.
> asking your upstreams to also remove the embedded copies of libpng
Of course we won't do that, since it doesn't make sense. Those source
trees are set up to be switchable. They can be compiled standalone
without any external headers except standard libc stuff, and are the
statically linked, which makes perfect sense for them. By using
commandline switches to the configure script, they can easily be
switched to dynamic linking using the libraries on the system. Which we
do in Debian.
> and notifying the security team about the code copies.
Why should we bother them?
Regards, Frank
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Dr. Frank Küster
VCD Miltenberg, ADFC Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg
B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
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