On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Justin <[email protected]> wrote: > First, relevant info: > > Bug report: > https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679 > > IRC convo w/ HandBrake devs: > http://handbrake.fr/irclogs/handbrake/handbrake20091115_pg2.html
Too bad their logs starts in 2009: I attempted packaging HB about one year ago and talking with them about packaging issues was the most frustrating and painful experience I've ever had with _any_ upstream. Browsing the log it seems you've got a little bit better treatment, probably because you did not insist too much about unbundling libs... > > Summary (from my understanding): > 1. Fedora/RPMfusion doesn't bundle libraries with programs. > 2. HandBrake uses customized versions of a lot of libraries, which they > bundle. > 3.In trying to get it packaged Bernard Johnson (0x100 in the IRC > convo) was trying to reach a compromise where he used system libraries > where possible, leaving bundled libs only where necessary. > 4. HandBrake devs either wants all bundled libraries included or for > it to not be in the distros repo.ì > > Current choices are: > 1. Package it with all bundled libs (against policy) > 2. Package it the way we want because we can > 3. Don't package it I voted for 3 by dropping my efforts previously. Of course, if there is a dedicated maintainer which is able to go through 2 (I believe it's a _lot_ of work) it would be fine. 1 is a no-go. -- Gianluca Sforna http://morefedora.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/gianlucasforna
