On Di, Jan 03, 2012 at 08:40:56 (CET), Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Am 03.01.2012 08:31, schrieb Reinhard Tartler: >> I think I have a doable solution: Let's have the avidemux source >> package build depend on libav-source, and have avidemux's build >> system apply its patches on that source. This way we have the >> code duplication only in the binary code, but no longer have to >> binNMU avidemux in case changes happen in Libav. >> >> Fabian, what do you think about this solution? > > Phew, sounds doable but not desirable and is IMHO too dirty for a > Debian package.
Well, it was built for libav-extra, but hey, why not. > If we really decide to give this package a try, we should figure out > which patches are really necessary to actually build and use avidemux, > get in contact with the author of these patches and together try to > convince upstream (whether ffmpeg or libav, I don't care) to either > include them or find a cleaner solution for the problem they are > supposed to solve. That would be nice. However, I don't have the time and energy to encourage avidemux upstream to collaborate properly with libav (or ffmpeg). Any other opinions on the libav-source approach? Cheers, Reinhard -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ehvhf6t2....@faui43f.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
