Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Ekiga and x264 in Debian main (was Re: Trunk: OPAL Fax problem)

[Matthias Schneider <matthias schneider TU-Ilmenau DE>]

Quoting Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>:

> Matthias Schneider wrote:
> > Quoting Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>:
> >
> >> Matthias Schneider wrote:
> >>>>> About the packages issue, I suppose that there should
> >>>> be packages like this:
> >>>>> ekiga
> >>>>> opal includes h.261 & theora or depends opal-h261
> >>>> & oapl-theora
> >>>>> ptlib
> >>>>> opal-h263p depends libavcodec
> >>>>> opal-mpeg4 depends libavcodec
> >>>>> opal-h264 depends libavcodec & libx264
> >>>>> opal / opal-theora depends libtheora
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ekiga/opal recommends opal-h263p, mpeg4, x264
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The opal-x packages can have different states on
> >>>> ubuntu or debian, whether there
> >>>>> is a non-free or whatever repository or some
> >>>> unofficial add-on repository...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I put theora and h261 inside libopal.  I generated a separate package
> >> for h264 (empty for the moment, I will fix it).  Why do you propose
> >> separate packages for h263+ and mpeg4?  Are they non-free (in debian)?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Eugen
> >
> > Because they depend on libavcodec/ffmpeg, which are non-free as far as I
> know.
> > Matthias
>
> libavcodec exists in debian too.  So, except if you do not agree, I
> include them in opal (without creating other packages).  From
> /usr/share/doc/ffmpeg/README.Debian:
>
> Summary of the patent issues with ffmpeg
> ========================================
>
>     The only patents related to ffmpeg which seem to be enforced against
> open
> source software cover the following codec technologies and file formats:
>
>     * MP3 encoding
>     * AAC encoding
>     * the ASF file format
>
>     I did not activate MP3 encoding (through LAME) in libavcodec, nor AAC
> encoding (through FAAC). However, since I have found no real enforcement
> of the mysterious ASF file format patents, I did not deactivate ASF
> support in
> libavformat. See more details in the patents.txt file.
>
> --
> Eugen
>

Hm, if you can verify that the corresponding encoders and decoders are
included...
However I do not really want OPAL to depend on libavcodec. So I would still
prefer separate packages. I can imagine people wanting to OPAL and ekiga
without ffmpeg/libavcodec. Damien, what do you think?

Matthias



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