On Thu, 19 May 2005, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:37:55PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 08:32:08PM +0100, Dave Beckett wrote: > > > The cairo libraries are undergoing a large API change and shipping them > > > in a release would be a bad idea at this time. I'd request that they > > > are removed from testing/sarge. > > > > The packages are: > > > Source: libcairo binary: libcairo1 libcairo1-dev > > > Source: libpixman binary: libpixman1 libpixman1-dev > > > Source: glitz binary: libglitz-glx1 libglitz-glx1-dev libglitz1 > > > libglitz1-dev > > > > As far as I know there are no packages that depend on them so removal > > > shouldn't be too problematic. > > > Both the 'oregano' and 'libgpewidget' source packages (build-) depend on > > libcairo and are in testing, and a whole bunch of gpe-related packages > > in turn depend on libgpewidget. I don't think removal is an option, as > > the cluster of packages indrectly depending on libcairo is really big. > > OTOH, an RC bug was just filed against oregano stating that this package is > unusable due to cairo-related breakage.
and I've found the 4-line patch to libpixman that fixed the bug reported on cairo as #309674 (pulled from the new libpixman release from yesterday). I'll email it to the bug shortly. If it's the cause of the RC oregano bug #309645, it doesn't say. 309645 says: The bug is actually in the cairo library, but the buggy function has been dropped in the CVS version, and there's noone wishing to fix the old one. which doesn't really help me. what function? > Would it be feasible to rebuild libgpewidget1 without the dependency on > libcairo1 and libpixman1? If so, that might be a solution. Otherwise, if > the maintainer feels that these libraries truly are not suitable for > release, I'm not sure what option we have other than removing the lot. There seem to be some other packages dependending on libcairo1 too. $ apt-cache rdepends libcairo1 libcairo1 Reverse Depends: oregano libpoppler0-glib libpoppler0 libgpewidget1 libcairo1-dev evince $ apt-cache rdepends libpoppler0 libpoppler0 Reverse Depends: libpoppler0-qt libpoppler0-glib libpoppler-dev evince $ apt-cache rdepends evince evince Reverse Depends: My preference is to remove cairo but I don't see it as a terrible problem if it stays, but I defer to debian-release people. Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
