Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Christian Marillat
reassign 128377 gdk-imlib1 thanks SMR == Steve M Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: reassign 128377 gnome-help thanks Hi Folks, GNOME's imlib1 library is linked with libpng2, and nobody knows how to gracefully handle the change from libpng2--libpng3

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Christian Marillat
SMR == Steve M Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:09:08PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: [...] I really want to know why recompiling gdk-imlib1 is too hard ? Recompiling isn't hard. Managing the transition is hard. Did you read the threads in debian-devel and

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:09:08PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: reassign 128377 gdk-imlib1 thanks Now, the question is: should GNOME move to libpng3, and how? The QT/KDE folks have sidestepped the problem by declaring that libqt2 is remaining linked against libpng2, while libqt3

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:23:25PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: SMR == Steve M Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:09:08PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: [...] I really want to know why recompiling gdk-imlib1 is too hard ? Recompiling isn't hard.

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Christian Marillat
SMR == Steve M Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] The fact remains that we cannot change the linkage of the library NOR of applications piecemeal. The changes must be coordinated. In the absence of a transition plan, I see no reason to introduce instability in GNOME by changing

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On 09 Jan 2002 15:09:08 +0100 Christian Marillat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, the question is: should GNOME move to libpng3, and how? The QT/KDE folks have sidestepped the problem by declaring that libqt2 is remaining linked against libpng2, while libqt3 links with libpng3. I don't see

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 04:37:17PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: SMR == Steve M Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] The fact remains that we cannot change the linkage of the library NOR of applications piecemeal. The changes must be coordinated. In the absence of a transition

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Christian Marillat
SMR == Steve M Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 04:37:17PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: [...] See Colin's answer. Change the library soname and shlibs. This will solve this bug. It's a reasonable transition plan. However, introducing a new imlib library with

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Havoc Pennington
Hi, FWIW, the solution we're planning for Red Hat is to create a symlink libpng10.so to the old libpng, then link imlib and gnome-libs against -lpng10. This way the ABI of imlib/gnome-libs is preserved, but -lpng can be moved to libpng3. I'll attach the imlib and gnome-libs patches. (This step

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Philippe Troin
Steve M. Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:23:25PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: SMR == Steve M Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:09:08PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: [...] I really want to know why recompiling

Re: Do not link GNOME apps with libpng3

2002-01-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 04:37:17PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: SMR == Steve M Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The fact remains that we cannot change the linkage of the library NOR of applications piecemeal. The changes must be coordinated. In the absence of a transition plan, I see