[DRE-maint] Bug#542558: ruby-gnome2: uses libgnomeprint which is scheduled for removal

[joss at debian.org]

Package: ruby-gnome2
Version: 0.19.0-3
Severity: important
User: pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: oldlibs libgnomeprint

Hi,

ruby-gnome2 currently still uses libgnomeprint. However,
libgnomeprint and libgnomeprintui are going to be soon deprecated
upstream. The GtkPrint replacement (built in GTK+ itself) has been
available for 3 years.

I’d like to remove libgnomeprint packages before the squeeze
release. This can only be done by getting rid of as much as possible
of the reverse dependencies.

Note that some of these packages already include GtkPrint support,
but you have to select it at compile time. Otherwise, please consider
porting to the much more modern Cairo/GtkPrint API.

As for bindings, they don’t have any reverse dependencies except
for the Python ones, so they should simply be removed ASAP.

Thanks, 
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