On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Jeff Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Subject line says it all. I just added the apt line for the unstable > version, and I'm hoping it works. If not, I guess I'll try the next > nightly build. Better yet, why don't we just get a stable version > packaged, to save new users the trouble? I've been using Ubuntu for 4 > years and I still hardly know what I'm doing. The non-standardisation of > Linux combined with a 6-month release cycle really screws things up. > Let's at least get the best software packaged.
Hi Jeff, I haven't looked at Handbreak very closely in awhile, but I imagine not much has changed. It has a number of issues that make it difficult (or even inappropriate) for inclusion in the Ubuntu repositories. Namely it's build process is extremely problematic; it tries to download and build all its dependencies at build time, and statically link to those copies. Here are some links about previous attempts to get this into Ubuntu: http://revu.ubuntuwire.org/p/handbrake http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=456165 https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/105458 In the mean time, I suggest taking a look at either transmageddon or arista. Both are in the archive and are similar to Handbreak. transmageddon - http://www.linuxrising.org/transmageddon/ Arista - http://www.transcoder.org/ - Andrew Starr-Bochicchio -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
