On Wed, 24 Jul 2013, Ondřej Surý wrote: > > Finally, it doesn't currently look like the libjpeg-turbo packages are > > at all in a state to replace the libjpeg8 or libjpeg6b packages. I'm not > > sure why the CTTE should rule to replace the IJG packages when the work > > and testing necessary to make the LJT packages ready hasn't been done. > > Mike has explained why:
[...] > Anyway Ubuntu is using LJT packages since Ubuntu precise (e.g. 2011) > as a drop-in replacement for libjpeg8 and I think we can adapt their > work quite easily. Ok; I sort of gathered this from reading the LJT ITP, but I wasn't totally certain. > You (as tech-ctte) has also an option to allow compat libjpeg8 > packages built from LJT, but this won't solve anything, since Bill > plans to move to libjpeg9 ABI and LJT does not plan to support v9 ABI. Well, we can address this by requiring libjpeg-dev to be the 8 ABI, and libjpeg9-dev to be the 9 API, but that's probably not desirable. > Thus I think this needs a decision from tech-ctte before we make the > switch to different implementation of libjpeg. I'm personally concerned about switching from IJG to an as-of-yet untested in Debian LJT package. The actual uploading to Debian might require a CTTE decision, but the packages with the desired transition plan should be ready and tested before the CTTE makes its final decision. [I recognize that this is going to put a fair bit of work on the LJT maintenance team with the possibility that the work is just going to be junked if the CTTE decides Debian should stay with IJG.[1]] 1: It is of course possible that other committee members would be wiling to make a decision without already having the packages ready, but I'd personally have a far easier time deciding knowing that they were tested and known to be working. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com What prison taught me was that some people are born into a life where they're going to be subjected to intense life experiences and personal tragedy on an almost daily basis. [...] I don't think you get enlightenment after something like that. I think all anyone really wants, if they're honest with themselves, is a quiet, easy life surrounded by people that love them. Anything else is conceit[ed]. -- OP from 99chan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
