Luca Capello wrote: > Hi there! > > On Thu, 08 May 2008 09:43:39 +0200, Matthias Schneider wrote: >> Let me explain again how x264 is used by Ekiga. By default, OPAL >> dynamically loads the x264 plugin at runtime. The x264 plugin executes >> a separate GPLed process, which in turn dynamically loads libx264. In >> case this failes, the GPLed process tells this to the plugin which in >> turn disables itself. > > Thank you for the explanation! > >> Now the packages should be compiled with x264 header files present, >> and, with libx264 suggested. > > While this is perfectly OK for packages hosted in a non-official Debian > repository (like seconix.com), AFAIK this won't be the case for the > official Debian package, which unfortunately will completely lack x264 > support. > > This because Debian distinguishes three different kind of package > categories: main, contrib and non-free [1]. If ekiga build-depends on > x264 (which, BTW, is *still* not present as a Debian package, neither in > non-free), ekiga itself will have to be put in non-free, which is > something I won't prefer. > > Thx, bye, > Gismo / Luca > > Footnotes: > [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-sections
Hi, I will take care, for official packages, to put libx264* as build-depends and depends only for ubuntu. Debian will not have 264 support (there's nothing you can do IMO). -- Eugen _______________________________________________ Ekiga-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-devel-list
