[Xastir] Dependency on libwmf - how strong is it?

Tom Russo russo at bogodyn.org
Mon Aug 21 07:56:15 PDT 2017


On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 03:52:56PM +0100, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <iain at learmonth.me> flavor, containing:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've just been looking to see if the Debian package for Xastir needs an
> update, and I've noticed that libwmf in Debian is now unmaintained.
> 
> How strong a dependency does Xastir have on libwmf? Will everything
> break if it goes away or is it only used in extreme edge cases and most
> users would be unaffected?

Xastir's dependence on libwmf is only through GraphicsMagick or ImageMagick.
Xastir does not include libwmf for its own use.

If those packages can adjust to the absence of libwmf, Xastir will.

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