ptlib plugins in one package

[Kilian Krause]

Eugen,

On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:58:15PM +0300, Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > ptlib has 4 packages for plugins:
> > - libpt2.6.3-plugins-alsa - PTLib audio plugin for the ALSA Interface
> > - libpt2.6.3-plugins-oss - PTLib audio plugin for the OSS Interface
> > - libpt2.6.3-plugins-v4l - Portable Tools Library video plugin for
> > Video4Linux
> > - libpt2.6.3-plugins-v4l2 - Portable Tools Library video plugin for
> > Video4Linux v2
> > 
> > These plugins have less than 100kB each one.  The hassle for the user to
> > install the right package (for ex., there are users with v4l cameras and
> > by default v4l2 is installed) is greater than saving 170kB on a machine.
> >  I propose to put them in one package, libpt2.6.3-plugins.  What do you
> > think?
> v4l: libc6 (>= 2.1.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1),
>      libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libpt2.6.3 (= 2.6.3-1)
> v4l2: libc6 (>= 2.1.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1),
>      libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libv4l-0 (>= 0.5.0), libpt2.6.3 (= 2.6.3-1)
> 
> alsa: libasound2 (>> 1.0.18), libc6 (>= 2.1.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1),
>       libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libpt2.6.3 (= 2.6.3-1)
> oss: libc6 (>= 2.1.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1),
>      libpt2.6.3 (= 2.6.3-1)
> 
> So, it seems, that no extra dependencies will be added on the default
> (v4l2/alsa) setups. I expect the v4l/oss users to be too few to actually
> worth a package split, combined with the size criteria that you already
> mentioned.
> 
> I'd vote to go for it. Less packages to deal with :-)
> 
> Don't forget to account for Provides and old Conflicts and also go over
> the bug reports and reassign them.

actually they've been split for the AVC/DC plugins too. What do you intend
to do with those once the code comes back upstream?

-- 
Best regards,
Kilian
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