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libappindicator, libindicator: remove package#42263

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uses python2, not maintained since 2012, replaced by libayatana-appindicator

uses python2, not maintained since 2012, replaced by libayatana-appindicator
last release in 2012, replaced by libayatana-indicator
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missing removed-packages or a transitional dummy pkg?

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missing removed-packages or a transitional dummy pkg?

I don't know if we should do that this time. Removing them has some value - we will be a few packages closer to dropping Python 2, but also people might want libappindicator when they compile something on their own. I didn't add them to removed-packages, so they should be still usable for a while.

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does ayatana provide a compatible api or would people compiling things need to make some changes to the thing they're compiling?

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does ayatana provide a compatible api or would people compiling things need to make some changes to the thing they're compiling?

from what I know, the API is compatible, but the library name is different, so you have to at least fix that in the build system and includes in the sources

@classabbyamp classabbyamp merged commit 22c710a into void-linux:master Aug 13, 2023
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Is it safe to create a symlink libappindicator3.so.1 to libayatana-appindicator3.so.1?

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