On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 11:04:19PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, 04 Nov 2001 16:26:20 Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Roland Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20011104 16:08]: > > > Maybe it would be worth listing it on the "can't be packaged" page > > > at <URL:http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package>? > > you must be confused. the patent problems are only affecting the opendivx > codec. I spoke with the maintainer about this problem, the opendivx codec > is just not going into the mplayer package. the program itself is GPL > > regarding the technical issues, the main problem was that mplayer uses > higher CPU optimizations on compilation. This can be solved by including > a part of the sources in the binary package and building them in postinst > or even by building many mplayer-* packages.
Actually, the better approach is to include say a loadable module for each CPU type and load it on demand. Include all of them with the package. Don't do recompilation after install. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
