Bug#784054: RFP: libgcrypt11 -- LGPL Crypto library

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>]

On Sat 2015-05-02 10:40:23 -0400, Pierre Rudloff wrote:
> It seems libgcrypt11 has been removed from Jessie. But it is needed by external
> packages like Spotify (cf. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-
> Mac-and/spotify-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libgcrypt-
> so-11/td-p/970485) or Brackets.
>
> I tried to rebuild the Wheezy package on Jessie
> (http://mentors.debian.net/package/libgcrypt11) and it seems to work correctly.
>
> Would it be possible to reintegrate this package in Jessie?

Spotify should be rebuilt against the modern version of gcrypt,
libgcrypt20.

libgcrypt11 was deliberately removed, and should probably not be
reintroduced unless someone is willing to maintain this branch of
upstream GCrypt:

  https://bugs.debian.org/767611

Regards,

        --dkg