Bundling exception for CMPlayer

[Ben Reedy]

On 16/01/14 21:14, Ben Reedy wrote:
> Sorry Miro, I forgot to add that.
>
> >Has the library behaviour been modified?
> The MPV back end to be bundled with CMPlayer has been patched for use 
> with CMPlayer.
> For those interested, the changes made to the bundled MPV can be 
> viewed at Github [1]
>
> >Why haven't the changes been pushed to the upstream library?
> The developer for CMPlayer has stated that these patches are specific 
> to CMPlayer, and are incompatible with upstream.
>
> >Could we make the forked version the canonical version within Fedora?
> Same answer as above: the CMPlayer patches are incompatible with 
> upstream and are specific to CMPlayer.
>
> >Are the changes useful to consumers other than the bundling application?
> No, these changes would only benefit CMPlayer users.
>
> >Is upstream keeping the base library updated or are they continuously 
> one or more versions behind the latest upstream release?
> The CMPlayer developer is regularly merging upstream MPV commits into 
> his fork.
>
> >What is the attitude of upstream towards bundling?
> The CMPlayer developer has stated that the bundling of MPV is 
> necessary for CMPlayer to successfully build and run.
>
> >Does the maintainer of the Fedora package of the library being 
> bundled have any comments about this?
> The maintainer of the MPV package, Miro Hrončok, suggested this 
> bundling exception.
>
> >Is there a plan for unbundling the library at a later time?
> Not currently.
>
> Attached is an email reply from upstream concerning the bundling of 
> MPV with CMPlayer.
>
> [1] https://github.com/xylosper/mpv/compare/mpv-player:master...master

Hi all, would anyone like to comment on this bundling exception?

Thanks,

Ben.