Re: HandBrake in rpmfusion? (continued from bug #69)
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Justin <eqisow(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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
Too bad their logs starts in 2009: I attempted packaging HB about one
year ago and talking with them about packaging issues was the most
frustrating and painful experience I've ever had with _any_ upstream.
Browsing the log it seems you've got a little bit better treatment,
probably because you did not insist too much about unbundling libs...
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.ì
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
I voted for 3 by dropping my efforts previously. Of course, if there
is a dedicated maintainer which is able to go through 2 (I believe
it's a _lot_ of work) it would be fine. 1 is a no-go.
--
Gianluca Sforna
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