[Bug 431091] Re: libstdc++5 removal breaks non-ubuntu applications

[RarSa]

I found this issue while trying to install a driver for a Lexmark
printer.

I understand that people want this library back but I don't think that
people understood the answer: If someone is willing to maintain that
library (and related libraries) they can do it.

Meanwhile, the people that are maintaining the libraries cannot do it
any more.

I used to contribute to a Linux distribution and these kinds of demands
from users were quite off-putting.

How is it Ubuntu developers' fault that proprietary vendors do not want
to compile? If they open sourced they wouldn't have to.

So, there are workarounds, like installing from older repositories. It
is a one click install from the repository:

e.g, http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/i386/libstdc++5/download

I really don't get why so much complaining.

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libstdc++5 removal breaks non-ubuntu applications
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431091
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