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Other than pulling in other +</I>>><i> libraries etc, as it just causes potential problems for some packages +</I>>><i> that do not require it. e.g. totem and rhythmbox both reqire the -soup +</I>>><i> package but phonon-gstreamer does not (it should). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> But really, should this library just be bundled into the main -good +</I>>><i> package? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I agree about merging -soup, without it gst-based apps can't seem to +</I>><i> play online streams, this is a basic functionality, I guess. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> Ditto for other "overly split" things, like the pulse plugin, +</I>>><i> and the neon plugin in -bad.... +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I dunno about pulse, it would pull pulseaudio on users' systems (I +</I>><i> know it's installed by default, but some do a minimal install and +</I>><i> don't install pulse, even if the some of pulse libs are too dug deep +</I>><i> down the whole stack :)). +</I> +Hmmm, gstreamer0.10-pulse requires "pulseaudio >= 0.9.7". Interesting. + +I'm not sure why (it could easily be installed on a system that does not +have a PA daemon and operates as a thin client. + +Wonder if we should just drop that require and then the gst-pulse plugin +only really requires libpulse which a *lot* of other things need anyway, +and thus no additional stuff pulled in. WDYT? + + +>><i> Has anyone sad down and thought about it a bit recently (here or in Mdv?) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> (I have to admit, I didn't sit down and think about it before). Here goes: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> =========================== +</I>><i> -good: +</I>><i> $ urpmf --sourcerpm gstreamer0.10-plugins-good | awk -F: '{print $1}' +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-caca +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-raw1394 +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-soup +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-dv +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-wavpack +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-pulse +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-jack +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-speex +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-aalib +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-flac +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I think these can be merged in addition to -soup: +</I>><i> -flac, an open format, expected to work o-o-t-b, IMHO +</I>><i> -jack, doesn't matter really, it won't pull any more requires as +</I>><i> libjack.so.0 is deep in the stack anyway (just tested with urpme +</I>><i> --test and it wanted to yank 174 packages). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> As for the rest I am not sure, e.g. I've never used -wavpack, so I +</I>><i> think they can remain split. +</I> +Perhaps, but I'm just not convinced of the value of a split generally. +Sure you could argue that pulling in an extra lib here and there can +count for a lot of disk space, but then we end up with various problems +for other packages (like the soup issue - although granted, one as +obvious as that will likely not crop up with the more subtle extras - +until some user plugs in their dv video camera...... :p) + +><i> ========================= +</I>><i> -ugly looks OK to me. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> $ urpmf --sourcerpm gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly | awk -F: '{print $1}' +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-sid +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-twolame +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-a52dec +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-cdio +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-mpeg +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Though merging -a52dec looks like a good idea given how widely used +</I>><i> the AC-3 codec is. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> ========================== +</I>><i> I left the "bad" for last, they look OK too, each sub-package +</I>><i> pulls/requires a different lib (e.g. rtmp -> librtmp.so.0), I guess +</I>><i> that's a good splitting criteria; I've never used -neon so I'll take +</I>><i> your word for it :) +</I>><i> $ urpmf --sourcerpm gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad | awk -F: '{print $1}' | +</I>><i> grep -v lib +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-rtmp +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-nas +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-rsvg +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-soundtouch +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-musepack +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-gsm +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-resindvd +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-kate +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-neon +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-voip +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-jp2k +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-ladspa +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-doc +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-celt +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-schroedinger +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-mms +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-dc1394 +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-directfb +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-dirac +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-ofa +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-wildmidi +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-gme +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-vdpau +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-mpeg2enc +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-vp8 +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-cog +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-curl +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> (A bit off-topic, I think -nas should be deprecated, NAS doesn't seem +</I>><i> that used lately?). +</I> +Yeah it is a bit of a grab-bag of stuff, but again, should we still just +bundle everything together anyway and sod the extra disk space needed? +It would be a lot simpler for users ("oh you need $foo? sure, just +installed -ugly/-bad") which is advise they can get direct from upstream +without having to know our particular packaging quirks. + +As someone who does upstream support for other projects, it's a pain to +put caveats in all your advice for distros you don't know. + +That said, the trade off may be too much, hence the canvassing of +opinions here :) + +Col + + + + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +mageia(at)colin.guthr.ie +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited [<A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A>] +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor [<A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A>] + PulseAudio Hacker [<A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A>] + Trac Hacker [<A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A>] +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006365.html">[Mageia-dev] gstreamer packaging too split? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006406.html">[Mageia-dev] gstreamer packaging too split? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6403">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6403">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6403">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6403">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |