Re: Bug#1121912: Ogre3d threatened with removal from testing, through freeimage

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Hello all,

any help is always very welcome! If the replacement through the fork
will be easier and the fork is compatible, I am open to do it.

Best regards

Anton


Am Sa., 17. Jan. 2026 um 14:08 Uhr schrieb Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>:

> On Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 10:51:58AM +0100, Tobias Frost wrote:
> > On Sat, 2025-12-13 at 09:57 +0100, Antoine Le Gonidec wrote:
> > > freeimage is going to get removed from testing:
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/1121912
> > >
> > > This is going to cause a removal of Ogre3d, that build-depends on it.
> > > And as a cascading effet, this should lead to a removal of mygui and
> > > OpenMW.
> > >
> > > Anyone here is in contact with Ogre3d upstream,
> > > to ensure they are aware of the poor state of freeimage and plan to
> > > migrate away from it?
> >
> > /me got also several mails about future removals, noteable opencascade
> > which would drop a lot of software I'm caring about (e.g freecad,
> > slic3r-prusa etc.)
> >
> > It looks like that there has been a fork of freeimage,
> > https://github.com/agruzdev/FreeImageRe that might be able to close the
> > gap a bit, there are recent commits and also a MR targeting a few of
> > the open CVEs.
> >
> > (As science-team member, I offer to help to get the package updated.)
>
> I am not a team member, just an observation:
>
> Closest to being a maintainer inside the team would be Anton Gladky
> (added to Cc) who hasn't touched the package for 3.5 years.
>
> I'd guess the relevant question is now whether your "offer to help to
> get the package updated" implies that you are willing to become the
> maintainer of the package inside the team.
>
> > tobi
>
> cu
> Adrian
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div><div>any help is alway=
s very welcome! If the replacement=C2=A0through the fork</div><div>will be =
easier and the fork is compatible, I am open to do it.</div><div><br></div>=
<div>Best regards</div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data=
-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><br>Anton</div></div><br></div><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_att=
r">Am Sa., 17. Jan. 2026 um 14:08=C2=A0Uhr schrieb Adrian Bunk &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;:<br></div><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli=
d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 10:51:58AM +01=
00, Tobias Frost wrote:<br>
&gt; On Sat, 2025-12-13 at 09:57 +0100, Antoine Le Gonidec wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; freeimage is going to get removed from testing:<br>
&gt; &gt; <a href=3D"https://bugs.debian.org/1121912" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">https://bugs.debian.org/1121912</a><br>
&gt; &gt; <br>
&gt; &gt; This is going to cause a removal of Ogre3d, that build-depends on=
 it.<br>
&gt; &gt; And as a cascading effet, this should lead to a removal of mygui =
and<br>
&gt; &gt; OpenMW.<br>
&gt; &gt; <br>
&gt; &gt; Anyone here is in contact with Ogre3d upstream,<br>
&gt; &gt; to ensure they are aware of the poor state of freeimage and plan =
to<br>
&gt; &gt; migrate away from it?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; /me got also several mails about future removals, noteable opencascade=
<br>
&gt; which would drop a lot of software I&#39;m caring about (e.g freecad,<=
br>
&gt; slic3r-prusa etc.)<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; It looks like that there has been a fork of freeimage,<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://github.com/agruzdev/FreeImageRe" rel=3D"noreferrer"=
 target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/agruzdev/FreeImageRe</a> that might b=
e able to close the<br>
&gt; gap a bit, there are recent commits and also a MR targeting a few of<b=
r>
&gt; the open CVEs.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; (As science-team member, I offer to help to get the package updated.)<=
br>
<br>
I am not a team member, just an observation:<br>
<br>
Closest to being a maintainer inside the team would be Anton Gladky<br>
(added to Cc) who hasn&#39;t touched the package for 3.5 years.<br>
<br>
I&#39;d guess the relevant question is now whether your &quot;offer to help=
 to <br>
get the package updated&quot; implies that you are willing to become the<br=
>
maintainer of the package inside the team.<br>
<br>
&gt; tobi<br>
<br>
cu<br>
Adrian<br>
</blockquote></div>

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