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Package: libfreetype6
Version: N/A; reported 2000-12-06
Severity: normal
I realize that Debian policy mandates the use of sonames in package names,
and that the confusion about freetype package names isn't any of your fault;
however, in my work on the Berlin project (http://www.berlin-consortium.org),
we require Freetype 2, and receive reports almost every day about people
having compilation problems or just general confusion because they assume
the freetype2 package actually contains Freetype 2. Would it be possible to
reduce our work and the users' confusion by changing the names to something
more intuitive?
Eg, freetype2 -> freetype1-2
libfreetype6 -> freetype2-6
or somesuch. Berlin has far too many odd and unpackaged dependencies as it
is; it would really help us out if something could be done to clarify the
situation with the debian packages.
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux WyrmWeyr 2.4.0-test10 #7 SMP Sat Nov 4 19:09:28 PST 2000 i686
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Closing this old wontfixed wishlist bug.
Sooner or later we should get rid of the freetype1 package (which, btw, did
not build binary packages named 'freetype2'); it's already not included in
the latest Debian release.
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