On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:25 AM, Fabian Greffrath <fab...@greffrath.com> wrote: > Am 19.03.2012 03:59, schrieb Andres Mejia: > >> Though the build time is increased for libav, ultimately, this change >> would be better as the buildd network would not have to cope with >> building from two source packages (i.e. setting up and tearing down >> for libav and libav-extra for each architecture). Also, in my opinion, >> it is easier and less error prone to maintain a single libav package >> rather than two of them. > > > I generally agree with your proposal, although "easier and less error-prone" > is in the eye of the beholder, of course. At least I am currently a bit lost > in your proposed diff against debian/rules. ;) > > In this context, please remove the libav-source binary package as well. It > is of no further use (that I know of) if the libav-extra source package is > removed. Also, please make sure that only the dynamic libraries are rebuilt > for the extra packages, not the static one (don't know if it is already like > this; as I said, the diff is a bit too much for me on a Monday morning ;) ). > > - Fabian
I think the libav-source package will still be useful. There are people who like to activate/deactivate certain features of libav. They can use the libav-source package and ensure they have a build with all the patches applied for the Debian builds of libav. -- ~ Andres -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
