Resurrecting an old thread and an old complaint. [much deletion happening]
On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 01:36:29AM +0800, csj wrote: > On Wednesday 26 December 2001 11:51, Carl Fink wrote: > > Is there any program to create Video CDs (VCDs) from an AVI file > > under Debian? > http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ So, I got around to looking there. They even have a deb file! But it's dependent on recent libraries not in Potato (or Newton). So I try to compile from source. But it's dependent on automake 1.5, which isn't in Potato. Yes, I could install individual libraries, or just the newest automake -- except that because (for no reason I know of) everyone compiles their packages against the very latest version of every library, upgrading one package typically ends up meaning "upgrade to unstable". Why have a package system that one routinely has to defeat in order to use the computer? Does anyone want to say that Potato should be everyone's default choice? Meanwhile Woody *still isn't frozen*. This is ridiculous. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum <http://dm.net>
