On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:56:29AM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 09:24:25AM +0200, Simo Kauppi wrote: > > > I was wondering, if anybody has been working on getting swftools > > (http://www.swftools.org/) into Debian? > > Apparently, not recently. > > > There seems to be an old RFP > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=187275 which has > > been closed because of inactivity. Does anybody know what is the > > status with that? > > It has been reopened by Vedran Fura?? on 18 Sep 2005. Ah, so it is, I missed that :) > > Are there any obvious reasons why swftools can't/shouldn't be > > packaged for Debian? > > Nobody has done it, that's the main reason. The RFP/ITP log says it > contains patent-encumbered code; one would have to remove it before > uploading to Debian. Did you notice there something else than the L.A.M.E issue. Lame can be disabled at build time, so I guess that wouldn't prevent packaging it (and maybe naming the Debian package 'swftools-nolame'). > You may want to do it yourself; see http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ I will :) If not for anything else, I'll package it just for my own use. > If you just want to stay up-to-date on what happens with it, you can > subscribe to the RFP "bug"; send mail to > "187275-subscribe@bugs.debian.org" . > > -- > Lionel Thanks, Simo -- :r ~/.signature
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