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[Max Bowsher <maxb@xxxxxxx>]

On 05/02/10 01:54, Michael Hudson wrote:
> Edwin Grubbs wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > PIL will be used for the new script for generating the combined sprite
> > image from the individual image files. python-imaging 1.1.7 provides
> > much better PNG compression than previous versions, and it is already
> > packaged for lucid. I want to add it to the launchpad PPA and then to
> > launchpad-developer-dependencies.
>
> Will the results of combining the images be checked into the tree, or
> something 'make build' does?  If the latter, PIL will need to be in
> launchpad-dependencies, not launchpad-developer-dependencies.
>
> > Is it still necessary to have launchpad-developer-dependencies support
> > jaunty, or can I just backport PIL to hardy and karmic? If jaunty is
> > no longer supported, I can also remove the other packages for it in
> > the PPA and update the wiki.
>
> launchpad-developer-dependencies was uninstallable on Jaunty for a few
> months until just a few minutes ago I think, and noone complained...

OK, so maybe it really is obsolete now :-)

Leave it up until the next issue with it arises? Delete it now? I don't 
really mind.

Either way, there are now PIL 1.1.7 packages for hardy jaunty and karmic 
queued in ~maxb/+archive/launchpad ready for copying across pending a 
conclusion in this thread.

Max.