GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 787875
build gst-plugins-base: libcdio-paranoia instead of cdparanoia
Last modified: 2017-09-19 21:48:00 UTC
gst-plugins-base with both autotools and meson currently only check for cdparanoia that has been abandoned and hasn't seen any release since 2008: - https://www.xiph.org/paranoia/down.html There is however a fork that is alive : libcdio-paranoia - https://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/ - https://github.com/rocky/libcdio-paranoia It would be awesome to update the build scripts to check for libcdio-paranoia (either as an alternative to cdparanoia or to replace it).
We have cdio plugins in -ugly. cdio is unfortunately GPLv3 licensed, so it's not an option for -base or -good.
Thanks for the quick answer. My concern is not about cdio, but about paranoia which hasn't seen any update in 9 years and has no activity on its mailing list for years while the version in "libcdio-paranoia" still gets some attention. I didn't pay attention to the license.
Many common libraries are in a similar situation unfortunately. Are you having any particular problems with libparanoia? Does it not work for you in some way?
In any case, I think this is a WONTFIX for the time being.
My issue is just that libparanoia doesn't match our package inclusion policy but libcdio-paranoia is in our repository. So it's nothing for you. Thanks for the feedback.