On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:11:28 +0100 Bastian Germann <b...@debian.org>
wrote:
> There is no dolphin-emu release that needs libspng. If a commit
before
>
https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/commit/a9edf129e35e109fe50d8b4cca444de0c60bcb52
is imported it is not needed.
>
> So this is not really a blocker. If there is a reason to have a
newer commit as new version in Debian please document
> that here.
Hi Bastian, yes, there's no "release" that currently uses libspng, but
mainly because Dolphin stopped making releases ages ago, recommending
users to use the beta versions instead ("The stable versions below are
years out of date and missing countless features and bug fixes. Beta or
development versions are a better choice for almost all users"). I
recall some discussions in the debian-games IRC about the intention to
start packaging newer commits, but I guess that never materialized.
Anyway, the Dophin thing was just a plus. I'd like to have spng in
Debian to make C development on the distro easier; I see great value in
having a large number of -dev packages, even if they are leaf packages.
