Re: feedback for libdvdcss-pkg

2012-09-21 Thread Fabian Greffrath
My favourite approach would be to check out the actual packaging including the upstream sources from git.debian.org (e.g. via gbp-clone), check out the latest tag, and then compile and build the package using git-buildpackage. Am 20.09.2012 13:41, schrieb Dmitry Smirnov: due to fears of

Re: feedback for libdvdcss-pkg

2012-09-21 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Fabian, On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:33:02 Fabian Greffrath wrote: Am 20.09.2012 13:41, schrieb Dmitry Smirnov: due to fears of running afoul of DMCA-style laws etc. That sounds better at least. I re-phrased to libdvdcss is a free software but Debian is not shipping it due to fears of

feedback for libdvdcss-pkg

2012-09-20 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Team, I'm looking for feedback for my libdvdcss-pkg package. Do you think the implementation is feasible? Any ideas how it can be improved or it is technically ready for upload? Source package is available from: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/libd/libdvdcss-pkg

Re: feedback for libdvdcss-pkg

2012-09-20 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi Dmitry, and thanks for your work on this. Am 20.09.2012 08:54, schrieb Dmitry Smirnov: Any ideas how it can be improved or it is technically ready for upload? I just had a short look, but to me this looks overly complicated. Why do we have to download the sources and build them into a

Re: feedback for libdvdcss-pkg

2012-09-20 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Fabian, Thank you for taking time and sharing your thoughts. On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:10:26 Fabian Greffrath wrote: I just had a short look, but to me this looks overly complicated. Why do we have to download the sources and build them into a separate package and then install this one - all

Re: feedback for libdvdcss-pkg

2012-09-20 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am 20.09.2012 12:03, schrieb Dmitry Smirnov: Could you suggest a better wording please? How to express better why we're not shipping from main repository and why we're asking for user's discression to build the package? We shouldn't even attempt to touch legal ground. Just tell the users

Re: feedback for libdvdcss-pkg

2012-09-20 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:33:43 Fabian Greffrath wrote: We shouldn't even attempt to touch legal ground. Just tell the users where they can find more information, e.g. http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html, and that they are using it at their own risk. I believe our users deserve to