GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 545017
Update the DC plugin to use v2 of libdc1394 library
Last modified: 2009-03-23 22:31:51 UTC
Hi, Building the DC IEEE 1394 plugin in ptlib is and will be broken in debian. Opal depends on libavcodec-dev, which depends, since a few days in unstable, on v2 of dc ieee1394 library (libdc1394-22-dev). But ptlib does not work with v2 of dc library only with v1. So for the moment the dc ptlib plugin package in debian is empty (no plugin inside).
OPAL should not depend on libavcodec. Also, libavcodec on debian is totally unuseful since it does not feature any interesting encoder. Probably opal-h263+ and opal-mpeg4 should depend on libavcodec from the debian multimedia (if it supports H.263 and MPEG 4 ENcoders)
I think opal depending on any libavcodec has nothing to do with the DC plugin, as the DC plugin is in ptlib :-)
Ok, libavcodec will be removed from debian packaging. Changing this bug to enhancement (wishlist), since sometime in the future it will become a problem for packagers (other than debian).
Reported upstream https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2707499&group_id=204472&atid=989748