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

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mardi 20 mai 2008 à 22:04 +0200, Matthias Schneider a écrit :
> 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?
> 

I've always preferred separate packages.

Perhaps having a meta package installing all codecs is good if we want
to make everyone happy.
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