I found this issue while trying to install a driver for a Lexmark printer. I understand that people want this library back but I don't think that people understood the answer: If someone is willing to maintain that library (and related libraries) they can do it.
Meanwhile, the people that are maintaining the libraries cannot do it any more. I used to contribute to a Linux distribution and these kinds of demands from users were quite off-putting. How is it Ubuntu developers' fault that proprietary vendors do not want to compile? If they open sourced they wouldn't have to. So, there are workarounds, like installing from older repositories. It is a one click install from the repository: e.g, http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/i386/libstdc++5/download I really don't get why so much complaining. -- libstdc++5 removal breaks non-ubuntu applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431091 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
