[pkg-mt-om-devel] [openmelody] Re: Unable to run on Ubuntu 10.04

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 08:48:35AM +0100, Adam Guthrie wrote:
> It's nearly there I think.  I'll definitely update it with the beta release
> when that comes along and, time permitting, package some of the point
> releases between now and then.
> 
> One issue outstanding is getting the correct perl dependencies.  So far I've
> just updated those for the plugins and left the core list alone as I'm
> having difficultly getting my head around it.  I've seen what I assume is
> you list, Dominic, [1] but am unclear whether that's up-to-date.

It's probably not. Probably the best thing to do is look at the diff of
extlib between MTOS 4.34 and OpenMelody to find out if any changes in
dependencies from my 4.34 packages are needed.

> Melody people, is there a definitive list of perl dependencies, which are
> required and which optional?  The Debian way of packaging is to not package
> your bundled extlibs, instead depend of those modules packaged separately.
> However, at least some of the extlibs seem unused and therefore I'd prefer
> to avoid the dependency.  And others aren't bundled at all (I assume those
> requiring compilation).
> 
> Finally, from a Debian perspective, which modules should be "Recommended"
> and which "Required"?

I think MTOS had its own idea of required and optional modules
which I based my Debian package Depends/Recommend on; presumably the 
same will apply from OpenMelody?

You might like to note that I've made a recent update of the MTOS
packages to remove the non-free flash components. Please see 
<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591975> for details
and the git repo for my changes.

On a different note, you might like to merge in my changes in
426343cccbed5bda0dac9fafbc5d07737551e616
removing the flash plugins. This will need to be done before your
package can be uploaded to Debian.

Cheers,
Dominic.

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