Re: libpng2 and libpng3

From: Hubert Figuiere (hfiguiere@teaser.fr)
Date: Thu Aug 22 2002 - 17:41:06 EDT

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    On jeu, 2002-08-22 at 15:43, Alan Horkan wrote:
    >
    > i did not realise there was a libpng3, but the real developers probably
    > know about it. (i have cc'ed the developer list)
    >
    > unless it has some very compelling features or is inlcuded as standard
    > with most distributinos it is unlikely that the developers will rush to
    > use libpng3.
    > someone will probably add an option to build against libpng3
    > rather than libpng2 soon but the developers try to be careful about adding
    > dependecies to very new libraries.

    All of this look like an attempt to install the RH 7.3 package we offer
    on a Mandrake system.
    I'd say don't do it. Build it yourself or get a package build for your
    Mandrake.
    Period.

    Hub 

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