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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2004-12-29 05:49:24 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2004-12-29 05:49:24 +0000
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@@ -83,17 +83,17 @@ package management system does not provide specific support for
internationalization.
Libavcodec MUST always be in the latest development version and it SHOULD
-be linked statically into mplayer binary, because MPlayer requires a
-recent libavcodec snapshot. While some distributions provide ffmpeg
-packages containing shared libavcodec library, they are often based on the
-last "release" version of ffmpeg, which is quite old and will usually not
-function with MPlayer.
+be linked statically into the mplayer binary, because MPlayer requires a
+recent libavcodec snapshot. While some distributions provide FFmpeg
+packages containing a shared libavcodec library, they are often based on the
+last "release" version of FFmpeg, which is quite old and will usually not
+function correctly with MPlayer.
File locations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In general, you SHOULD follow your distribution guidelines. For example,
-for RedHat and Fedora RPMs I am using FHS-compliant paths:
+for Red Hat and Fedora RPMs I am using FHS-compliant paths:
/etc/mplayer/ system-wide configs
/usr/bin/ binaries
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ One package or many packages?
Although it is tempting to simply provide a single all-in-one package,
I think it is best to split MPlayer into several packages. It may be
a little more troublesome for less clueful users, but it allows you to
-install only what you need. This is the layout I am using for RedHat and
+install only what you need. This is the layout I am using for Red Hat and
Fedora RPMs:
mencoder contains MEncoder binary (mencoder)
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ mplayer-font-* contain various bitmap fonts for OSD (obsolete)
mplayer-gui contains MPlayer binary with GUI (gmplayer);
requires default skin package
mplayer-skin-* contain various MPlayer GUI skins
-mplayer-vidix contains vidix support library for MPlayer
-mplayer-vidix-* contain vidix drivers for specific cards, one per package
+mplayer-vidix contains VIDIX support library for MPlayer
+mplayer-vidix-* contain VIDIX drivers for specific cards, one per package
There is no strict policy for now, just use your common sense.
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ Compilation
~~~~~~~~~~~
While it is acceptable to provide packages optimized for specific CPUs,
you MUST provide at least one "lowest common denominator" package set
-that will work on all CPUs. This means it MUST be configured with
+that will work on all CPUs. This means it MUST be configured with the
--enable-runtime-cpudetection option. Building for specific CPUs requires
disabling this option, but try to make sure that users cannot accidentally
install a package not suitable for their CPU. With RPMs, for example, this
-is handled automatically, when building with "--target arch" rpm option.
+is handled automatically, when building with the "--target arch" rpm option.
Compiler flags MUST be set to either configure-generated CFLAGS or something
as close to them as possible.
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ distribution will get binaries with the same dependencies.
You SHOULD provide an option to rebuild the package with full debug
information enabled (by passing --enable-debug=3 to ./configure and
disabling any stripping of binaries and libs during the build process).
-For example my source RPM can be rebuilt with "--with debug" option, which
+For example my source RPM can be rebuilt with a "--with debug" option, which
does just that, making it easier to supply gdb information along with any
bug reports, while retaining all benefits of using binary packages.
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ Creating a mencoder man page linked to mplayer is as simple as:
echo ".so mplayer.1" >> mencoder.1
-Similar trick can be used for "man gmplayer". This avoids problems with
+A similar trick can be used for "man gmplayer". This avoids problems with
gzipped man pages and symbolic links.
-Newer RedHat and Fedora distributions keep localized man pages encoded in
+Newer Red Hat and Fedora distributions keep localized man pages encoded in
UTF-8. If your distribution does the same, make sure you convert MPlayer's
translated man pages to UTF-8 so that man mplayer works for locales other
than English.