Hi, On 23.07.2011 22:11, Anders Eriksson wrote: > On 07/17/11 11:47, Dirk Meyer wrote: >> Long mail and I hope to get some feedback. Who is willing to help? Code >> C or Python? Clutter knowledge? Gstreamer? Web-stuff? Or a designer >> without coding? It would be a shame if Freevo dies, but I cannot do this >> alone. >> > I've made a fair number of attempts to install the 2.0 branch over > the last year or so, and they've all failed due to dependency issues. > My HTPC rig (as I expect that of many others) are heavily used by the > rest of the family so actual screen time (i.e. non-ssh access to the > machine) is rare, and downtimes are not appreciated. If memory > serves, there were issues with kaa.$something (from svn) either > having deps issues of its own, and/or not being able to run alongside > the kaa.$someting-$version needed by the trusty 1.9.0 we run here. > > The net effect is that even considering testing/contributing to the 2.0 > is (or at least was at the time) incompatible with family used freevo.
The Freevo 2.0 SVN is nothing you should try on your media PC without playing with it first on another PC. And it lacks some feature, right now it only has the features I need. ;) > Getting official releases of all relevant sw units (freevo-2.x, kaa*, > ...) is, > imho, the number one thing to get the 2.0 track rolling forward. > Even if it has a pile of missing features and bugs, get it out there so > there can be more eyeballs on it (and the distros can pick it up). You can > always make new releases later with the fixes etc. Yes. But before we can do that, some stuff needs to be fixed first. Depending on how many people join in, this will happen sooner or later. Dischi -- No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
