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Note that this will make most current +</I>><i> .mkv/.avi/.mp4/.mov/.wmv/.mp3 files unplayable without packages from +</I>><i> tainted section. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I've covered the other-distributions status earlier [1] in more detail, +</I>><i> but a quick rehash: Fedora doesn't have these codecs at all, +</I>><i> Debian/Ubuntu ship them in Main section, Arch has them as well. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The (probably slightly incomplete) list of source packages that need +</I>><i> some action (completely or partially moved to tainted) can be found below. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Shall I implement the move of the packages? +</I>><i> (after the current ISOs process is done) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Needs to be moved completely to tainted: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> a52dec - AC-3 decoding library +</I>><i> mad - MP3 decoding library +</I>><i> mpeg2dec - MPEG-2 video decoding library +</I>><i> ocaml-mad - uses mad +</I>><i> pymad - uses mad +</I>><i> vdr-plugin-dvd - uses a52dec +</I>><i> vdr-plugin-mp3 - uses mad +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Needs to be moved to tainted or to implement two separate builds: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> alsaplayer - uses mad +</I>><i> audacity - uses mad +</I>><i> k3b - uses mad +</I>><i> kwave - uses mad +</I>><i> lastfm-player - uses mad +</I>><i> libextractor - uses mpeg2dec +</I>><i> libtunepimp - uses mad +</I>><i> mixxx - uses mad +</I>><i> mjpegtools - uses mpeg2dec +</I>><i> normalize - uses mad +</I>><i> qtractor - uses mad +</I>><i> scummvm - uses mad +</I>><i> sox - uses mad +</I>><i> stepmania - uses mad +</I>><i> stratagus2.1 - uses mad +</I>><i> streamripper - uses mad +</I>><i> xbmc - uses mpeg2dec +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Already has dual build, but needs more stuff to be tainted-only: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> avidemux - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc, +</I>><i> H.264 dec, uses mpeg2dec, VC-1 dec +</I>><i> cdrdao - uses mad +</I>><i> ffmpeg - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc, +</I>><i> H.264 dec, VC-1 dec +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg - as above +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad - uses mpeg2dec +</I>><i> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly - uses mpeg2dec +</I>><i> mpd - uses mad +</I>><i> mplayer - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc, +</I>><i> H.264 dec, VC-1 dec +</I>><i> vlc - uses mad, a52dec, mpeg2dec +</I>><i> xine-lib1.2 - uses mad +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I didn't include in the above list several formats: +</I>><i> - ASF (no active licesing program IIRC, Fedora ships it as well) +</I>><i> - MPEG-2 TS (apparently even Fedora ships them, dunno if oversight, +</I>><i> though) +</I>><i> - H.263 (no active licensing program IIRC, relatively obscure when +</I>><i> compared to others) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> [1] <A HREF="https://www.zarb.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20101012/001084.html">https://www.zarb.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20101012/001084.html</A> +</I> + +that's a big list... but then afaict, what you say does reflect the policy that +was presented... +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011213.html">[Mageia-dev] [RFC] Moving various packages/codecs to tainted +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011193.html">[Mageia-dev] Fwd: Re: [Kolab-devel] Supercolliding a PHP array - DoS Attacks +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11185">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11185">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11185">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11185">[ 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> |