[ITA] libpng, urw-base35-fonts, xmlto

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Sun Sep 13 22:27:04 GMT 2026


On 2026-09-13 13:38, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 13/09/2026 20:33, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 2026-09-13 04:33, ASSI via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps writes:
>>
>> Hi ASSI,
>>
>>> Just pushed harfbuzz and libpng updates to playground, sorry I think I
>>> overwrote your changes on playground by that.
>>
>> Curses, foiled again! ;^>
>> No worries, will just pull and deal with conflicts.
>>
>>> I'd be happy if you take over all these libraries (I was looking at them
>>> as they are used by Emacs and had security updates pending).  I will
>>> also look at Jansson.
>> Looks like my libpng test upload blocked your NMU stable upload:
>>
>> Version  Arch   Size        Date        Status Files
>> 1.6.42-1 src  1509 KiB 2024-02-22 18:17 stable .../libpng-1.6.42-1-src
>> 1.6.47-2 src  1537 KiB 2025-04-23 17:40 stable .../libpng-1.6.47-2-src
>> 1.6.58-1 src  1557 KiB 2026-09-13 07:33  test  .../libpng-1.6.58-1-src
>>
>> If you prefer, go ahead and untest that, or else I could send a TEST announce, 
>> just in case there are any adverse impacts to any Graphics or X11 packages:
>>
>> I am a little shy of stable updates that can bring down my world, as happened 
>> when I blasted my package update over my running system and brought down GNOME 
>> Files/nautilus, Xwin XDG Menu, X Server, and all!
>> Quick X shutdown and restart and all was great on my dogfood system.
>>
>> Please make me maintainer of those subject apps, or let me know if I can do so 
>> myself?
>> I have stayed away from seeing if I can update cygwin-infra/pkg-maint as I 
>> dread what else it may impact, or creating more conflicts! ;^>
>>
> 
> cygwin-pkg-maint updated
> 
> -libpng                                       ORPHANED (Ken Brown)
> +libpng                                       Brian Inglis
> -urw-base35-fonts                             ORPHANED (Ken Brown)
> +urw-base35-fonts                             Brian Inglis
> -xmlto                                        ORPHANED (Ken Brown)
> +xmlto                                        Brian Inglis
> 
> It is a very simple text file. Almost impossible to make disaster.

Thanks Marco,

Just unsure if NMU enabled means ITA/ITP c-p-m update enabled?

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher  but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


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