Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-12 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: [Stuff about .FLA files] As a follow-up, Martin Owens has written some code to extract FLA files: http://doctormo.org/2010/08/06/fla-extract/ http://doctormo.org/2010/08/04/flash-sources/ -- bye, pabs

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-06 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce début d'après-midi nuageux du jeudi 05 août 2010, vers 14:15, Paul Wise p...@debian.org disait : I had  a package which also  ships a SWF along  with a FLA and  an AS. I assumed that SWF could be built from  FLA and AS. I did not find how and therefore, I just removed the SWF from

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Vincent Bernat ber...@debian.org wrote: canvas.as:12: characters 0-3 : parse error Unexpected var It seems that mtasc only  understands ActionScript 2. Correct. There are no free tools to build ActionScript 3, only Adobe's stuff. The mtasc authors moved on to

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-05 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En cette fin de nuit blanche du jeudi 05 août 2010, vers 05:52, Paul Wise p...@debian.org disait : In my package ampache it ships xspf_jukebox.fla and xspf_jukebox.swf and I recently received bug #591202 which states: ... Are there debian tools available to do this?  If so what are they?

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-05 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Mittwoch, den 04.08.2010, 17:25 -0500 schrieb Peter Samuelson: [Peter Samuelson] Source code is a means to an end. The end is the ability of the end user to customize the software. If you get source code but no way to build a new .swf file from it, this end is not served. Also,

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Vincent Bernat ber...@debian.org wrote: But people working with Flash programs uses FLA format as source format? Only those who specifically rely on Adobe's Flash authoring tools. Anyone who uses Linux and builds their Flash files using free tools will usually

RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-04 Thread Charlie Smotherman
Hello all, In my package ampache it ships xspf_jukebox.fla and xspf_jukebox.swf and I recently received bug #591202 which states: ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source. I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is required? I have search but was

RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-04 Thread Charlie Smotherman
Hello all, In my package ampache it ships xspf_jukebox.fla and xspf_jukebox.swf and I recently received bug #591202 which states: ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source. I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is required? I have search but was

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-04 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Charlie Smotherman] ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source. I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is required? I have search but was unable to find anything. It is the principle. If I am an end user, and I want to modify your .swf file on

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-04 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Peter Samuelson] Source code is a means to an end. The end is the ability of the end user to customize the software. If you get source code but no way to build a new .swf file from it, this end is not served. Also, I'm a proponent of the idea of always building our packages from source -

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-04 Thread Charlie Smotherman
On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 16:59 -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Charlie Smotherman] ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source. I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is required? I have search but was unable to find anything. It is the

Are binary packages required to be built from the corresponding source files? (was: RFH: How to compile swf files from source)

2010-08-04 Thread Ben Finney
Charlie Smotherman cj...@cableone.net writes: ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source. I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is required? I have search but was unable to find anything. I would interpret it as follows: Policy §2.2.1 states

Re: Are binary packages required to be built from the corresponding source files? (was: RFH: How to compile swf files from source)

2010-08-04 Thread Charlie Smotherman
On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 10:48 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: Charlie Smotherman cj...@cableone.net writes: ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source. I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is required? I have search but was unable to find anything.

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-04 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 04, Charlie Smotherman cj...@cableone.net wrote: ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source. I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is required? I have search but was unable to find anything. The part stating that packages cannot depend on

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-04 Thread Joerg Jaspert
In my package ampache it ships xspf_jukebox.fla and xspf_jukebox.swf and I recently received bug #591202 which states: ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source. I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is required? I have search but was unable to

Re: RFH: How to compile swf files from source

2010-08-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Charlie Smotherman cj...@cableone.net wrote: In my package ampache it ships xspf_jukebox.fla and xspf_jukebox.swf and I recently received bug #591202 which states: ... Are there debian tools available to do this?  If so what are they? The FLA format is binary