Re: state of debian multimedia etc.
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Joshua Haberman wrote:
> * Joshua Haberman (joshua@haberman.com) wrote:
> > Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
>
> ...anyone? I'd really like to know if libmpeg3 and broadcast 2000
> packages will require a kernel version dependency, or if it's just a
> fluke. I've already asked upstream and heard nothing back. How can I
> determine if a piece of software really depends on a specific kernel
> version?
If I recall correctly, the main problem is the author stresses the bttv
driver alot, and only certain verstions *of that driver* are stable
enough to be usable. Thus the versioned depends. He use to have a link
to the bttv driver page and a list of stable versions of the driver.
Andrew Lenhart
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