Russ Allbery wrote: > Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> So, libglib1.2ldbl, libgtk1.2 and maybe libgd2-xpm would qualify to be >> included? >> >> Do you want me to file a bug to include them or is mentioning them over >> here enough? > > Could you explain more why that would be? For the first two, do you think > there are maintainers of GTK 1 packages who don't know that it's > deprecated? > > For example, I maintain one package that depends on GTK 1 (RFA'd), and I > don't see any way in which a lintian warning would be of assistance. I > know perfectly well that it depends on GTK 1 and that's in oldlibs. If no > one rewrites it before Debian decides to drop GTK 1, I suppose it will be > removed from the archive. > > lintian usually adds entries for things like old versions of Emacs where > the maintainer may not be aware that simple changes are required to their > package to keep it working. Usually we add a lintian warning in > conjunction with a mass bug filing; if you're not ready to do a mass bug > filing, I'm not sure that a lintian warning is in order. (And I don't > think a lintian warning really ever makes sense for something like GTK > 1.0, where there is no simple problem that can be fixed and you're > basically warning the maintainer that the software either has to be > rewritten or dropped from the archive.)
I'm certainly ready to do a mass bug filing. There surely should be documentation on how to transition from gtk1.2 to gtk2.0 by now... Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
