also sprach Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org> [2003.07.15.0241 +0200]: > Since I'm pretty new to Debian development I wouldn't be worried > about stepping into that line of fire. Well, the last thing we want is you packaging it, then surrendering in a couple of months and leaving the package orphaned. Either do it and stick with it during your entire time as a Debian developer, or let it be. > But the central problem with packaging a generic mplayer means > that most of the bells and whistles have to be enabled, and the > features that people use mplayer chiefly for are non-free Windows > Media/QuickTime support. And it's not heavily optimized for your > architecture, which in the case of this application probably makes > a significant difference, at least more so than following this > philosophy for other programs. mplayer does automatic CPU detection, so that problem is gone. Moreover, having Windows Media support in there is not going to screw with the rest of the functionality, even if WMV support is not optimised. Aside, I beg to differ: I refuse to watch WMV files. The chief reason for my love to mplayer ranges from MPG via OGM to DVD. > If there were a mplayer in Debian I doubt I would use it because > of the inflexibility it provides. What kind of inflexibility? So you prefer xine? also sprach Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org> [2003.07.15.0905 +0200]: > Unless some scathing bugs are fixed in Debian and not upstream, > doing so is a crapshoot; it would roughly equate to using the > upstream source by itself anyway. Wrong. You'd be making use of the DPKG database, which, if you ever administered more than one system, is an invaluable tool! Fact is, mplayer should be packaged for Debian. Let's here the devoted step forward and take it on! -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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