[Mageia-dev] [RFC] Moving various packages/codecs to tainted

Tue Jan 10 00:42:38 CET 2012

Op dinsdag 10 januari 2012 00:12:26 schreef Anssi Hannula:
+> Hi all!
+> 
+> As I've noted in some previous emails, our core/tainted media codec
+> split-up is currently arbitrary without any specific logic.
+> 
+> As far as I remember, the tainted policy is that codecs for formats that
+> are claimed to be covered by patents should be there.
+> 
+> Per that policy, at least the AC-3/DTS/MP3/MPEG-2/MPEG-4/H.264/VC-1
+> decoders and AC-3/MPEG-2/MPEG-4 encoders we have in core should be moved
+> to tainted section. Note that this will make most current
+> .mkv/.avi/.mp4/.mov/.wmv/.mp3 files unplayable without packages from
+> tainted section.
+> 
+> I've covered the other-distributions status earlier [1] in more detail,
+> but a quick rehash: Fedora doesn't have these codecs at all,
+> Debian/Ubuntu ship them in Main section, Arch has them as well.
+> 
+> The (probably slightly incomplete) list of source packages that need
+> some action (completely or partially moved to tainted) can be found below.
+> 
+> Shall I implement the move of the packages?
+> (after the current ISOs process is done)
+> 
+> Needs to be moved completely to tainted:
+> 
+> a52dec - AC-3 decoding library
+> mad - MP3 decoding library
+> mpeg2dec - MPEG-2 video decoding library
+> ocaml-mad - uses mad
+> pymad - uses mad
+> vdr-plugin-dvd - uses a52dec
+> vdr-plugin-mp3 - uses mad
+> 
+> Needs to be moved to tainted or to implement two separate builds:
+> 
+> alsaplayer - uses mad
+> audacity - uses mad
+> k3b - uses mad
+> kwave - uses mad
+> lastfm-player - uses mad
+> libextractor - uses mpeg2dec
+> libtunepimp - uses mad
+> mixxx - uses mad
+> mjpegtools - uses mpeg2dec
+> normalize - uses mad
+> qtractor - uses mad
+> scummvm - uses mad
+> sox - uses mad
+> stepmania - uses mad
+> stratagus2.1 - uses mad
+> streamripper - uses mad
+> xbmc - uses mpeg2dec
+> 
+> Already has dual build, but needs more stuff to be tainted-only:
+> 
+> avidemux - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc,
+> 	   H.264 dec, uses mpeg2dec, VC-1 dec
+> cdrdao - uses mad
+> ffmpeg - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc,
+>          H.264 dec, VC-1 dec
+> gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg - as above
+> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad - uses mpeg2dec
+> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly - uses mpeg2dec
+> mpd - uses mad
+> mplayer - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc,
+>          H.264 dec, VC-1 dec
+> vlc - uses mad, a52dec, mpeg2dec
+> xine-lib1.2 - uses mad
+> 
+> 
+> I didn't include in the above list several formats:
+> - ASF (no active licesing program IIRC, Fedora ships it as well)
+> - MPEG-2 TS (apparently even Fedora ships them, dunno if oversight,
+>   though)
+> - H.263 (no active licensing program IIRC, relatively obscure when
+> compared to others)
+> 
+> 
+> [1] https://www.zarb.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20101012/001084.html
+
+
+that's a big list... but then afaict, what you say does reflect the policy that 
+was presented...
+