Upgrading libpng: shall we move to 1.4.x or 1.5.x?

[Tom Lane]

Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com> writes:
> With

>   pkgconfig(libpng) = 1.2.46
>   pkgconfig(libpng12) = 1.2.46

> once libpng12.pc gets removed from the distribution, the dep-chains
> break, of course.

> As a temporary work-around, you could have provided that thing manually
> in the libpng-devel upgrade instead of including the actual libpng12.pc
> file:

>   Provides: pkgconfig(libpng12) = %{version}-%{release}

> Any configure script or .pc file using a hardcoded "libpng12" name
> would fail to build, but that would be better IMO than offering an
> incomplete broken compat package that confuses the buildroots.

Well, I don't have any objection to doing it that way, but exactly what
about this "confuses the buildroots"?

			regards, tom lane