2010/6/1 salsaman <salsaman@xxxxxxxxx>: > Therefore, I would be interested to know - if one were to build > libavcodec/libavformat with all codecs disabled except for say, > ogg/theora/vorbis, would there still be a problem ? Yes. If the codec support in question is strictly a build time option for the libraries in question. If the supported codecs are strictly compile time options, then we are put in a position where we have to anticipate users needing to replace already installed Fedora packages with packages from somewhere else to gain the additional functional. We avoid doing that as a matter of policy as it adds complexity to the multi-repository relationship. We prefer runtime detectable solutions that can be packaged as plugins which do not conflict with Fedora packages. This is what makes gstreamer a preferred framework for us as a distributor...its runtime extensibility. An addon repository can package gstreamer plugins that extend functionality without needing to replace any packages we provide as part of Fedora. On top of that there are hooks in packagekit which allow users to install the gstreamer plugin package on demand based on mime information from their configured repositories. Xine libraries also exposes enough runtime detection capabilities to allow up to ship the core xine libraries in fedora...while some codec support support is provided as plugins from elsewhere. -jef -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
