orphaning gdk-pixbuf

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 23:17:02 +0000
Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
> > Kevin Fenzi wrote about gdk-pixbuf:
> >  > It failed the mass rebuild, not much left that depends on it, and
> >  > nothing I need. ;)
> > [...]
> >
> >>  So, if anyone really really really wants to keep it alive, feel
> >> free to take it and fix it so it builds and works. ;)
> >
> >
> > I use gdk-pixbuf in an application that is used on Fedora but for
> > licensing reasons can't currently be submitted as a Fedora package.
> >  I'd hate to see gdk-pixbuf go away, as I don't know what I could
> > use to replace it.  I've never looked at building gdk-pixbuf
> > myself, and have never been able to wrap my head around autotools,
> > so if the cause of the FTBFS isn't obvious, I doubt that I can fix
> > it quickly.  I'm not going to commit to taking maintainership of
> > the package right now, but if nobody else does and I find the time
> > to deal with it, perhaps I will in the future.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, gdk-pixbuf hasn't been deprecated upstream;
> > there was a new release in August.  Has anyone notified upstream
> > about the FTBFS?
> 
> Are you sure your not referring to gdk-pixbuf2?

I really suspect so. 

the gdk-pixbuf package is the gtk+ one in fedora. 
it's last release was december 2002. 

yes, thats right, almost exactly 9 years ago. ;) 

kevin
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