[packman] Suggestion: Compile VLC against Qt4

S. sb56637 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 5 01:51:12 CET 2015


On 12/04/2015 02:03 AM, Olaf Hering wrote:
> vlc in packman (PMBS) is a _link to the opensuse buildservice (OBS).
> Sources are maintained in OBS, and changes done there will show up
> immediately in PMBS. If I would accept this request anyway in PMBS the
> result is a _link+patch in Essentials/vlc. Once there is another change
> for vlc in OBS the pkg in PMBS will get into failed state because the
> patch will most likely not apply anymore. To avoid this, branch vlc in
> OBS and submit it there. Since vlc is in Factory a simple 'osc bco vlc'
> will work. Then chdir into the vlc dir and run 'osc up -u' to avoid a
> bug in the current osc.rpm.
>
> Also there are style issues with the SR. Most of the changes should have
> an entry in the .changes entry. 'osc vc' within the vlc dir will open an
> editor. Mention the change and refer to fixed bugzilla bugs like
> '(bsc#123456)'. There are most likely guides about pkg submissions on
> en.opensuse.org.
>
> Olaf

Thanks Olaf for taking the time to explain all that, sorry I'm pretty 
inexperienced with this kind of thing. I think I've got it now:
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/347505




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