Don Armstrong wrote: > The most recent discussion is at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200307/msg01633.html Thanks, I've read all the related threads. It occurs to me that there were three issues brought up:
- marking the changes made on imported libraries. This would currently include: libfaad2, libmpflac, libmpdvdkit2, libmpeg2. Let me clarify the situation. a, libfaad2 was commited to CVS because enermous amount of users wasn't able to either install libfaad and libfaad-dev, or read the MPlayer documentation about where to download libfaad sources. Effect: we received too much mails complaining about "I can't hear anything in the new Matrix trailer" etc. The decision was made to include libfaad2. Of course, MPlayer can be easily compiled with external libfaad dependency, and the internal one can be wiped out with a simple "rm -rf libfaad2". Probably this is how it should be in Debian - thus this is not an issue. b, libmpflac has been introduced recently, because of the original library's idiotic libsndfile dependency. MPlayer is totally compilable without this, again, it's just an "rm -rf". Probably this is how it should be in Debian - thus this is not an issue. c, libmpdvdkit2 is included so we have more area to make changes instead of sending patches back to its authors. MPlayer can be compiled with external libdvdread (and _optionally_ libdvdcss), just again: "rm -rf libmpdvdkit2" Probably this is how it should be in Debian - thus this is not an issue. d, libmpeg2 is - of course - mandatory in MPlayer. It is developed by Michael "Walken" LESPINASSE, who we were always working closely with. We - the core developers - do not intend to waste time searching for modification dates and such (nor do we know what exactly you wish for), but if Andrea is willing to do this research, we'll most likely accept the patch. If any questions arise while this "research" goes on, I'll try to get answers to them. - another concern was the usage of statically linked libdvdcss. I've answered this above (it's deletable). - Sam Hocevar raised a concern about libavcodec. I do not intend to answer this, since xine was allowed into Debian with a full, included libavcodec. By the way, MPlayer also contains a LICENSE file, which - AFAIK - negliges the neccessity of GPL header inclusion in each of the source files. Any more concerns? -- Gabucino MPlayer Core Team
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