Hi Simon

Am Samstag, den 28.11.2020, 15:52 +0000 schrieb Simon McVittie:
> Source: libmediaart
> Version: 1.9.4-2
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> User: pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: split-gdk-pixbuf
> 
> In Debian 10 and older, the libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev package contains
> development files for two libraries: gdk-pixbuf-2.0 and the
> deprecated
> gdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0.
> 
> In testing/unstable, it has been split into libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev
> and libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-dev packages, in preparation for a new
> upstream release of gdk-pixbuf-2.0 that moves gdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0
> into a separate source package. libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev continues to
> exist, but is now a transitional package that pulls in the deprecated
> libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-dev in addition to libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev.
> 
> It looks as though libmediaart only requires the main gdk-pixbuf-2.0
> library. Please update the Depends and Build-Depends so that it only
> pulls in that part, as in the attached patch.
> 
> The form suggested in the attached patch is backwards-compatible with
> older Debian releases:
> 
>     libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev | libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev
> 
> but if this package is unlikely to be backported, you can simplify
> that
> to just the new package:
> 
>     libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev
> 

Given the nature of the package, I would prefer that it is moved under
GNOME maintainership (I actually don't know anymore why it is in debian
and not the gnome-team salsa namespace on salsa).
That said, you can just as well make a Team-Upload and apply any
changes you see fit, if you want.

Regards,
Michael



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