Re: please unblock kino 0.92-3
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 03:20:37PM +0100, Daniel Kobras wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 07:32:39PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > * Rebuild with --without-dv1394 instead of --with-dv1394 (closes: 406670)
> > This is obviously a change with non-local effects. Is this going to break
> > anything else?
> > Should I understand that the effect of --without-dv1394 is to cause kino to
> > use some internal dv1394 implementation instead of the libdv1394 in the
> > archive? In that case, why should we accept a workaround such as this
> > instead of looking for a proper fix for whatever libdv1394 incompatibility
> > exists?
> There is no libdv1394 -- you're probably mixing it up with libdv. dv1394
> is a kernel interface to capture dv data that has been deprecated for
> quite a while. It's superseded by libiec61883, and that's what kino uses
> now. I don't know why the --with-dv1394 was added to the Debian package
> in the first place, but this option is strongly discouraged upstream and
> gave rise to several problem reports both upstream and in the Debian BTS
> whereas capture via libiec61883 is in good, supported shape and just
> works.
Ok, thanks for the clarification; unblocked.
Cheers,
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