Comment 24 for bug 23786

On 5/21/06, Thomas Bushnell BSG <email address hidden> wrote:
> "Albert Cahalan" <email address hidden> writes:
>
> > I lost all sorts of apps that Debian no longer packages.
> > I even lost penguineyes. Want to package it for me?
> >
> > I guess it was wrong to rely on shared libraries. Debian
> > should use static linking. About the only thing stable
> > is the kernel system call interface.
> >
> > Really, it's not cool to break old binaries.
>
> I was not the one who made the decision to remove libpng2.
>
> But without a clear bug report, I can't really say what the problem
> is. If there is a specific bug, can you file it? What do you mean by
> you "lost all sorts of apps"? I don't see how this long-closed bug
> somehow lost apps.

Easy:

old stuff needs libpng2
new stuff depends on stuff that conflicts with libpng2
user needs the new stuff, and wants to keep the old stuff

Not upgrading would leave me with plenty of security holes,
so that isn't an option.