[PD] missing dependencies for pd-extended on ubuntu 8.10

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Ilias Anagnostopoulos wrote:
> Hello Roman,
> 
> 
> GEM seems to need the specific versions it depends on. I think that 
> since there is no "serious" reason not to use these libraries, it 
> doesn't make sense doing anything to the source code to make it 
> compatible with the newer versions. If we simply provide these extra 
> packages with the PD package, by hosting them on the same places, it 
> will be fine. Since nothing else has anything to do with them, they 
> won't break anything.

i don't think that Gem explicitely needs magick9 rather than magick10.
here (debian lenny/sid) i am using imagemagick++10 and everything wors fine.

as for limpeg3 vs libmpeg1: these are not just versions, thes are 
completely different libraries. replaying the one with the other will 
certainly make your nose bleed.
Gem has source-code support for both libraries.
i don't see a reason to remove support for libmpeg1, just because it is 
no longer packaged.
nevertheless, i also don't see any reason why someone should provide a 
precompiled binary of Gem _with_ support for libmpeg1 (i think it is 
quite buggy).

so, from my (Gem) side of things: all maintainers of packages should use 
the latest and greatest available packages of their distribution and not 
require outdated packages for Gem just because they can :-)

thanks for all your work

gfmadsr
IOhannes