I am interested in getting a Scratch package accepted into the Fedora project. However, I have found a previous objection that states Scratch contains an MP3 implementation. Does Scratch include an MP3 implementation? If so, would it be possible to make this into an optional component? As an alternative, perhaps this could be replaced with a GStreamer-based audio system so that the supported formats could be chosen at runtime.
The trouble with MP3 is that it is patent encumbered and therefore objectionable to the Fedora Project which is concerned with free software. If making MP3 support optional to Scratch is not in your plans, then perhaps I could build a package for RPM Fusion. RPM Fusion is a Fedora-compatible package repository that ships packages that Fedora proper cannot. Where can I find documentation on how to compile Scratch completely from source? As far as I can tell, scratch-1.4.0.1.tar.gz comes with much of Scratch already compiled (including Scratch.image). I found ScratchSource1.4.zip, but I am not sure how to build Scratch from it. RPM Fusion will prefer that everything shipped may be built from source code. Thank you, -- Mike :wq _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~scratch Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~scratch More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
