On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:23:04AM +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote: > Hi Bill and Debian Developers, > > My proposal is: > A. Add libjpeg-turbo to Debian archive (that's easy) > B. Add required provides/alternatives for libjpeg62-dev and > libjpeg8-dev (where API/ABI match) > C. Decide which package should provide default libjpeg-dev library > > 1. > https://bitbucket.org/libgd/gd-libgd/issue/50/tests-jpeg-jpeg_readc-fails-on-debian > 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-January/176299.html > 3. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602034
As IJG libjpeg maintainer, my plan is to move to libjpeg9 which has more feature. I do not see libjpeg-turbo as a suitable replacement. It has 1) an different license. 2) much more security issues in a much smaller timeframe. 3) do not implement the full libjpeg8 ABI, nor the upcoming libjpeg9. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130424131959.GD3132@yellowpig
