From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j2H9RFwR015355 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:27:15 GMT Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.197]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DBrHe-00042Y-3k for gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:27:14 +0000 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id r35so483440rna for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:27:14 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=HyMtk97X5wNA33nft0cEHDKsA1PgU/gjSWtKGIDUyYwrgSs7uFnAByfRTkVEUAbHwl1DXB0Xa1gVDc1qSPT81KIn/LjogzrPT937XNJsA9HKN42lesZAApIFcdywv23Az539jYSmaQlZ/lOXXphSL2CpCxtCQWHJnsvdzh1gUlY= Received: by 10.38.6.72 with SMTP id 72mr1314640rnf; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:27:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.76.66 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:27:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8953a1db05031701271198e292@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:27:14 +0000 From: Paul Waring To: gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] giflib and libungif hell [solution: libungif is being removed] In-Reply-To: <423913D9.5030802@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: , , List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <423853AF.9070700@gentoo.org> <200503161359.10256.vapier@gentoo.org> <423913D9.5030802@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 94a5b98a-3fd4-4657-a5c4-813583b8d6ad X-Archives-Hash: c9ee4b04359fac0aff3da288799d7989 On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:21:29 +0900, Chris White wrote: > libungif is now being removed from the true to honor the better giflib > with expired LWZ patent. On this friday, I will be doing the dep > adjustments in the tree. I will also be creating a bug to track issues > with giflib not working with certain programs. I highly doubt this > however, and anticipate a rather clean movement (knock on wood :|). > Rember: this Friday, you have been warned. Speak now or forever hold > your peace :P. How will this effect non-dev users who already have libungif installed? Will it stay or be automatically unmerged? What about existing programs that use libungif? I'm only asking because I'm fairly sure I have quite a few things that depend on one or both libraries and I don't want them all to break come Friday. Paul -- Rogue Tory www.roguetory.org.uk -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list