#1121326 synfig: depends on superseded libxml++2.6

Package:
src:synfig
Source:
src:synfig
Submitter:
Simon McVittie
Date:
2025-11-24 13:15:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1121326#5
Date:
2025-11-24 13:14:09 UTC
From:
To:
Binaries produced by this source package depend on libxml++2.6, a C++
wrapper around libxml2.

libxml++2.6 is no longer maintained upstream (#1038804). It has been
superseded by libxml++-3.0, which was itself superseded by libxml++-4.0
(RFP: #819562) and libxml++-5.0 (RFP: #1121304).

If this package is ported to one of the newer libraries, packaging the new
version will require packaging the new library first. I haven't marked
#819562 and #1121304 as blockers for this bug, because I don't know which
one would be more appropriate.

Alternatively, it could be ported to use libxml2's C interface directly,
or to use some unrelated XML library.

    smcv