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Re: deb packages not offered: lame xcdplay?



Michael Smith <msmith4@gladstone.uoregon.edu> wrote:
>Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>> there are a few packages i like to have, like lame and xcdplay.
>> can't find any deb pkgs, though.
>
>There was an intent to package (ITP) lame awhile ago--check out the
>debian developer list archives.

lame can't be packaged, as MP3 encoders are encumbered by a patent of
the Fraunhofer Institute.

-- 
Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]



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