package gimp-gap severity 537727 wishlist thanks Le 13/08/10 11:17, Gerfried Fuchs a écrit : > Hi! > > * Thibaut Paumard <paum...@users.sourceforge.net> [2009-07-20 16:05:32 CEST]: >> Package: gimp-gap >> Version: 2.6.0-1 >> Severity: serious >> Justification: Policy 4.13 > > Because you filed this bugreport as serious this bug isn't closed yet - > it is still outstanding for stable and thus not archived yet. > >> gimp-gap contains a convenience copy of libmpeg3, which it should not >> (Policy 4.13 bellow). > > [...] > > Furthermore, the code copy of libmpeg3 doesn't seem to be used [...] If so > this bugreport rather should had been wishlist IMHO, the extern_libs > directory only sums up to 2.6mb which isn't that big of a burden to > really warrant repacking the upstream source, again in my humble > opinion.
Hi, Indeed, the convenience copy of FFMPEG in gimp-gap 2.4.0-2 is unused, so the bug severity can be decreased. I had a remaining doubt in that FFMPEG is patent encumbered and I was undecided whether of not it was OK to ship it unstripped. As it seems, the ffmpeg source package is now distributed unstripped in debian. The ffmpeg-debian package from stable was crippled to prevent using the patent-covered bits, but those bits were still present. I conclusion: I think it is wise to strip the gimp-gap package to keep problems located in a single package. However, at the moment, it doesn't seem necessary to take action to remove the unused patent-covered code shipped in gimp-gap 2.4 from the archive. Severity reduced. Regards, Thibaut.
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