[mythtv-users] VDPAU support on 0.21-fixes

[Michael Tiller]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 17:20 +1100, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> > If using Ubuntu, you can get automatically mythtv and mplayer with
> > VDPAU support by using this repository:
> > http://www.avenard.org/files/ubuntu-repos files/
> > Add to /etc/apt/sources.list:
> > deb http://www.avenard.org/files/ubuntu-repos files/
> >
> > Then simply run an update in synaptic.
>
> I'm not trying to add to the demi-flames that were already beaten to
> death.
>
> I would just like to know how commited you are to this repo and to your
> backport.
>
> What you just did is basically a fork.


I wouldn't go that far.  First, he never said he was forking it...forking
implies a separate branch of development.  I don't hear anybody talking
about adding anything except one backport right now.  I don't think of a
backport as a branch.  Furthermore, I think it is unfair to call it a fork
because that has a negative connotation of somebody who is disrupting the
development somehow which I don't see as the case here either.

I would say this is an alternative distribution that includes some special
patches or drivers.  In that sense, I think it is excellent.

So, should I commit my stable mythbuntu weekly -fixes system to your
> fork?
>
> I am asking, not to feed the monster, but to make my own decision.
>

It's quite a valid question I think.  Even if he just provides what he has,
that could be a big boost while people wait for 0.22.

--
Mike
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