Bug#659856: mp4v2: Please bring back metadata API

[Matteo F. Vescovi]

Hi Fabian!

On 14/02/2012 11:24, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it appears that between the latest official release 1.9.1 and the "recommended
> trunk snapshot" r479 that got packaged in Debian, upstream (for no apparent
> reason, if you are asking me) removed the entire metadata API from libmp4v2.
> However, some not-yet-ported software like e.g. faac does still rely on this
> API and does thus not build against the current package. It seems this is the
> same reason why d-m.o still has a version 1.9.1 package in their repository.
> However, I think reverting the corresponding upstream SVN commit and thus
> adding this API back does not hurt anyone and hereby ask you to do so. The
> attached patch is the reverted upstream commit r322 forced to apply to the
> current sources.

I've tested your patch and sadly I've got to admit that it fails[1] :-(
Since the patch modifies the upstream source code, I had to re-pack it, 
as you can see from the updated name of the package (~dfsg1).

Feel free to help me investigating the issue and maybe solve it ;-)

Cheers.

mfv


[1] 
http://debomatic64.debian.net/unstable/pool/mp4v2_1.9.1+svn479~dfsg1-1/mp4v2_1.9.1+svn479~dfsg1-1.buildlog

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