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List:       kde-multimedia
Subject:    Re: artsplug near final
From:       Antonio Larrosa <antlarr () arrakis ! es>
Date:       2000-06-27 14:59:47
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Stefan Westerfeld wrote:
> 
>    Hi!
> 
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 03:55:57PM +0200, Martin Vogt wrote:
> > I like the idea of a new module "kdesupport-multimedia".
> >
> > Advantages:
> > -----------
> > * I can start converting mpeglib into the KDE CVS build system without
> >   breaking the GUI frontends in kdemultimedia.
> > * If it really turns out, that its too buggy, not useable,
> >   does not fit into the KDE 2.0 time frame,whatever
> >   we can drop the whole package and still break no GUI
> >   application.
> > * libc based distributions can drop the package and still
> >   have kscd and kmix etc.. included
> >
> > Disavantage:
> > -----------
> > * cvs users need to add a new module
> >
> > conclusion:
> >
> >  I think we should have a new kdesupport-multimedia module.
> >
> > But only after I have brushed up mpeglib to compile on the
> > typical distributions and tested it a bit more.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > when is the release date for beta3?
> 
> Have a look at
> 
>   http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/release-schedule.html
> 
> So, 17 July seems to be a good date where inclusion could be completed. IMHO
> would be reasonable if you could start merging it into the CVS in the next
> week(s).
> 
> As for the advantages of a seperate module, I think you can also get them
> using a --enable-mpeglib configure switch which should automatically default
> to some nice value for your platform (e.g. glibc2 = yes, libc5 = no).
> 
> I know that kdemultimedia-support seems to look "cleaner" (as seperating each
> app into an individual module would maybe be even more clean), but you'll
> need to have support from Coolo (who does the CVS stuff) to do so. So if
> you want to/can convince him, why not.
> 

I'm asking him currently for his opinion on this. I'll forward his answer.

> But I'd strongly recommend kdemultimedia, which seems to be fine, follows the
> way KDE always has done things (package into large convenient modules for
> the user), has IMHO no real disadvantages, and most important: you can go
> for it tomorrow if you like (no further discussion required).
> 

Yes, but libraries that haven't been developed by KDE developers cannot go
into kde.* packages except for kdesupport.

Greetings,

--
Antonio Larrosa Jimenez
Student of Mathematics
antlarr@arrakis.es        larrosa@kde.org
http://www.arrakis.es/~rlarrosa
KDE - The development framework of the future, today.


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