Dear all, it is high time that we go forward with transitioning libpng-dev to version 1.6. That means, not only uploading libpng1.6, but *replacing* libpng in unstable with the new version.
If we plan to have this ready for November freeze of jessie, we need to get started *now*! > Major package of most is the state that can be migrated to libpng1.6. I agree, for TeX Live building purposes I have rebuilt several package with libpng1.6, namely libgd2, freetype, cairo, jbig2dec, and ghostscript (all the deps necessary for texlive building). There were no problems with that. I am also volunteering to rebuild and test other packages, but as long as there is no declared wish of the libpng developers it is wasted times. So, please, let me know, *what* are your plans concerning jessie? Should jessie ship with libpng 1.6 as default or 1.2? If you want to transition, what are the next steps? My suggestion is: * upload a libpng-dev (NOT libpng16) replacement to *experimental* * test all packages for binNMU * try to fix the failed packages, mass bug filing * give some head way * upload to unstable I think the *first* and *most*important* step is that we upload a replacement libpng-dev based on 1.6 to *experimental*. This is a sign that we are planning to transition. But again, libpng developers, please let me know your plans! I *really* want to help to get this transition going! Thanks Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREINING, Norbert http://www.preining.info JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer GPG: 0x860CDC13 fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
