Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-24 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 09:50:24AM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: (1) Ffmpeg should finally decide about a stable API, or at least one that is stable for more than two weeks. It is commonly believed myth that FFmpeg does not have a stable API, but a myth nonetheless. Diego -- To

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Reinhard Tartler schrieb: Since mplayer includes an exact copy of ffmpeg by using an 'svn:external' on the ffmpeg svn, it makes sense to build shared library packages out of that source. [...] Well, sorry Reinhard, but building such a complex set of libraries from the source code which is

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Fabian Greffrath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Reinhard Tartler schrieb: Since mplayer includes an exact copy of ffmpeg by using an 'svn:external' on the ffmpeg svn, it makes sense to build shared library packages out of that source. [...] Well, sorry Reinhard, but building such a complex set

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Reinhard Tartler schrieb: I know that it is tricky, but I still think that for the problem we are facing, this is an acceptable solution. YMMV of course. Fine, but how about all the other packages that depend on ffmpeg, like gstreamer, vlc and xine. They do also ship embedded copies of ffmpeg

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 01:35:49PM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: Reinhard Tartler schrieb: FFMpeg and Mplayer developers have a rather large overlap. BTW, how large is the overlap of ffmpeg developers with vlc or xine? Practically zero. Diego signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Fabian Greffrath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Reinhard Tartler schrieb: I know that it is tricky, but I still think that for the problem we are facing, this is an acceptable solution. YMMV of course. Fine, but how about all the other packages that depend on ffmpeg, like gstreamer, vlc and

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Reinhard Tartler schrieb: I'm very hesitant making recommendation what ffmpeg or mplayer deverlopers should do or not without actually being involved with that projects. They are successful at writing good software. Good objection, sorry. ;) -- Dipl.-Phys. Fabian Greffrath Ruhr-Universität

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread Diego Biurrun
Note that I am upstream for both MPlayer and FFmpeg. On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 01:35:49PM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: Reinhard Tartler schrieb: I know that it is tricky, but I still think that for the problem we are facing, this is an acceptable solution. YMMV of course. Fine, but how

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Diego Biurrun schrieb: Also, I think it is always a bad idea to tell other projects what they should or should not do. If I voiced my opinion about what the Debian project should do with the same amount of conviction, I'm sure you guys would take me out back and beat me up ;-) Again, sorry

Bug#395252: mplayer+ffmpeg, and some progress, Re: Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-19 Thread A Mennucc
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 04:24:18PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote: Since mplayer includes an exact copy of ffmpeg by using an 'svn:external' on the ffmpeg svn, it makes sense to build shared library packages out of that source. hi Reinhard, I did build such a package ~1 month ago; the

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread A Mennucc
hi On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:28:27PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: I'm afraid I can't accede to your request. This bug has been open since 25 Oct 2006. The etch-ignore tag was added 16 Dec 2006, where it was explicitly stated that it's RC for lenny. I pinged the bug on 28 Mar 2008, to again

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread Neil McGovern
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:10:21AM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: hi On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:28:27PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: I'm afraid I can't accede to your request. This bug has been open since 25 Oct 2006. The etch-ignore tag was added 16 Dec 2006, where it was explicitly stated that

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread A Mennucc
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:10:21AM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: And that was the case since 16 Dec 2006? yes. Read ahead. Why was this not brought up sooner, and why has there been zero effort made into resolving this issue, as far

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread Neil McGovern
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:29:45PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:10:21AM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: And that was the case since 16 Dec 2006? yes. Read ahead. Why was this not brought up sooner, and why

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread A Mennucc
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: Neither, it's the RC policy which carries more weight than a RG: http://release.debian.org/lenny/rc_policy.txt 5a) Packages in the archive must not be so buggy or out of date that we refuse to support them. The security team

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread A Mennucc
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:30:33PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: I also find it fairly rich that you complain at a lack of answers, and yet don't reply to pings to a BR asking for an update. The reason I did not reply is that I was working to find a solution to the bug, but I did not find it.

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:25:33PM +, A Mennucc wrote: I fix all bugs that can reasonably be fixed. When ffmpeg in Debian was too obsolete to link to mplayer, there was nothing I could do. Since 2006, many things happened; for example, in http://bugs.debian.org/403330 I asked for a new

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Pierre Habouzit [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:25:33PM +, A Mennucc wrote: I fix all bugs that can reasonably be fixed. When ffmpeg in Debian was too obsolete to link to mplayer, there was nothing I could do. Since 2006, many things happened; for example, in

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 02:09:06PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: Neither, it's the RC policy which carries more weight than a RG: http://release.debian.org/lenny/rc_policy.txt 5a) Packages in the archive must not be so buggy or out

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-18 Thread Riku Voipio
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 02:09:06PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: lists many packages which ship embedded copies. One example is mozilla/iceweasel/iceape. Iceweasel had 9 security bugs in Etch. Iceweasel has ~500 bugs (!!). So iceweasel should be kept out of Lenny, since it contains embedded copies

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-17 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:21:50PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: hi everybody Hello, and thanks for your mail. I am requesting to the d-release team a lenny-ignore tag for bug 395252. I'm afraid I can't accede to your request. This bug has been open since 25 Oct 2006. The etch-ignore tag was

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-16 Thread A Mennucc
hi everybody I am requesting to the d-release team a lenny-ignore tag for bug 395252. There are multiple reasons for this request, please take some time to read ahead. --- Reason 1 : policy Recently, after a long discussion in bug 392362, a paragraph [4.13] was added to d-policy 3.8.0

Bug#395252: ignore bug 395252 'mplayer embeds ffmpeg' for lenny

2008-06-16 Thread Reimar Döffinger
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:21:50PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: 2.2 the mplayer binary does not link with the ffmpeg-free libs. By reading and diffing, it would seem that the newer ffmpeg-free 0.svn20080206 source code seems compatible to the ffmpeg code shipped in mplayer... but