HandBrake in rpmfusion? (continued from bug #679)

[Bernard Johnson]

Corrected the bug # to 679.

On 11/15/2009 05:30 PM, Justin wrote:
> 2. HandBrake uses customized versions of a lot of libraries, which they bundle.

Customized "handful" (8) is more appropriate, however, they bundle 
others (12) that are not changed from the original sources, some not 
even required for Linux platform.

> 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

Or

4. Create an "iceweasel" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_by_the_Debian_project) 
that is completely unassociated with the HandBrake project.  Essentially 
a fork that would realign to the releases only when we want, and it 
would not be obvious to end users that they could seek support from 
HandBrake team.

I don't like this idea too much, but it would relieve the support issues.

> 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 they want nothing to do with a packaged product, then they should 
probably be cut completely from the loop - ie. #4.

We'd have to make changes to the help to not use their wiki (maybe a 
capture of the wiki in static html format?).

Otherwise, things like "your wiki says click widget A but I don't have a 
widget A" will probably be answered with something like "ask the idiots 
who packaged it".  It would not reflect well on the HandBrake developers 
or rpmfusion packagers.

> 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.

If packaged at all, I think that would be a requirement.

Regardless of the route taken, these are the currently unfinished items 
(which will be impacted by any decision).
1. Remove version update checking.
2. Propagate buildsys flags at compile time to any bundled libraries
3. Repository branding (ie. version 0.9.4-1-rpmfusion) for GUI & 
activity log
4. Solution for Help->Guide pointing to the HandBrake wiki
5. Possibly a bug reporting GUI entry that says it's not supported by 
HandBrake team