HandBrake in rpmfusion? (continued from bug #69)

Justin eqisow at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 01:30:34 CET 2009


First, relevant info:

Bug report:
https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679

IRC convo w/ HandBrake devs:
http://handbrake.fr/irclogs/handbrake/handbrake20091115_pg2.html

Summary (from my understanding):
1. Fedora/RPMfusion doesn't bundle libraries with programs.
2. HandBrake uses customized versions of a lot of libraries, which they bundle.
3.In trying to get it packaged Bernard Johnson (0x100 in the IRC
convo) was trying to reach a compromise where he used system libraries
where possible, leaving bundled libs only where necessary.
4. HandBrake devs either wants all bundled libraries included or for
it to not be in the distros repo.

Current choices are:
1. Package it with all bundled libs (against policy)
2. Package it the way we want because we can
3. Don't package it

My 2c:
HandBrake is popular, so seeing it in the repos is a good thing (tm).
HandBrake devs are being unreasonable and, honestly, downright rude
and aggressive. So, whether that ends up being option one or two, we
should do it the way we think is best and they can deal.

If we're feeling extra nice we could add a note about it being
unofficial and unsupported by the HandBrake team, maybe even with a
pointer to their version.


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