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giflib: remove from the description the reference to libungif

PATCH New Fabio Porcedda 4 participants 4 messages Apr 12, 2015 – May 6, 2015

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PATCH v2 1/1 giflib: remove from the description the reference to libungif

Starting from version 5.0 giflib it's no longer compatible with libungif, also the libungif is now deprecated so just remove the reference to libungif.

Cc Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]>
Cc Baruch Siach <[email protected]>
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 package/giflib/Config.in | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
package/giflib/Config.in +1 -3
index 70368dc..fc1f85d 100644
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB
 	bool "giflib"
 	help
-	  giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. It is API and
-	  ABI compatible with libungif which was in wide use while the LZW
-	  compression algorithm was patented.
+	  giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib
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PATCH v2 1/1 giflib: remove from the description the reference to libungif

Fabio, All,

On 2015-04-12 12:13 +0200, Fabio Porcedda spake thusly:

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Starting from version 5.0 giflib it's no longer compatible with libungif, also the libungif is now deprecated so just remove the reference to libungif.

Cc Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]>
Cc Baruch Siach <[email protected]>

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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 package/giflib/Config.in | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
package/giflib/Config.in +1 -3
index 70368dc..fc1f85d 100644
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB
 	bool "giflib"
 	help
-	  giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images. It is API and
-	  ABI compatible with libungif which was in wide use while the LZW
-	  compression algorithm was patented.
+	  giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images.
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib
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PATCH v2 1/1 giflib: remove from the description the reference to libungif

In reply to Fabio Porcedda

Hi Fabio,

Quoted 7 lines · Fabio Porcedda

Starting from version 5.0 giflib it's no longer compatible with libungif, also the libungif is now deprecated so just remove the reference to libungif.

Cc Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]>
Cc Baruch Siach <[email protected]>

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PATCH v2 1/1 giflib: remove from the description the reference to libungif

In reply to Fabio Porcedda

Dear Fabio Porcedda,

Quoted 10 lines · Fabio Porcedda

Starting from version 5.0 giflib it's no longer compatible with libungif, also the libungif is now deprecated so just remove the reference to libungif.

Cc Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]>
Cc Baruch Siach <[email protected]>
---
 package/giflib/Config.in | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

Thomas

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