[GEM-dev] Re: [PD] Gem compile problems

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

guenter geiger wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>>(this would especially be useful, as i have noticed major problems with
>>libquicktime: a) arbitrarily freezes on 2.6-systems; b) wrong
>>build-configuration does not detect the plugin-path)
> 
> 
> I think it is not a good idea to work around bugs or problems in other
> packages. What should be fixed (or ported to other architectures in the
> case of libavifile) are the broken packages.
i also think that problems in other packages should not be "fixed" by 
workarounds.
but this was not my intention;
it was more pragmatic: Gem is providing several ways to decode videos; 
debian provides the libraries to do the actual decoding;
why should it be a bad idea to use these libraries if they are available 
? what is the use of the libavifile-packages if using it as a dependency 
is considered a bug ?

this should probably go to the debian-packaging-system: wouldn't it be a 
great idea to have *optional* build-depends.


as for libquicktime i have submitted a bugreport...


mfg.a.sdr
IOhannes