-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Actually, we could follow the ffmpeg precedent here.
To elaborate: before intrepid, the ffmpeg package was in universe (later main) and had restricted codecs disabled, which forced users of restricted-codec versions to install them from medibuntu. In intrepid, ffmpeg was moved to multiverse with extra codecs enabled, but at the same time it introduced a new package: ffmpeg-debian, based on the Debian version without restricted codecs. We could do something similar here and add an mplayer-debian package. In general, the handling of restricted codecs in Ubuntu has been inconsistent. Another example of parallel packages is gtkpod, where the version without AAC support is named simply gtkpod (and autosynced from Debian) but the more functional version is named gtkpod-aac and has to be merged manually. Reinhard Tartler wrote: > Maia Kozheva <inetper...@gmail.com> writes: > >> - It does no harm in Debian as it is, except for debcheck warnings. >> - mplayer-nogui is available in Ubuntu, and I would rather keep the same >> package >> in Debian and Ubuntu. >> - mplayer-nogui is available in debian-multimedia.org, which many Debian >> users >> install mplayer from for extra patent-restricted codecs. >> - There is a bug report (#523842) in Debian itself to add an mplayer-nogui >> package, confirmed by one of the maintainers, so I presume an mplayer-nogui >> package may appear in Debian soon. > > I think we really should replace the mplayer package from multiverse > with the package currently in debian/main. > > The main obstacle would probably be to re-introduce mencoder in the > package, but that shouldn't be too hard, I'd think. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknseFMACgkQGSKqQPshyArw0ACgtg2ZuQNIu2gLB1EK8DGksTVH KQMAoIhODB0CkM/qxVAOfAKfvu9hlcmj =vUoV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
