Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:12:11 -0200 From: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux-list@FreeBSD.org> To: Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: New multimedia category (was Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors chapter.sgml doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook book.sgml) Message-ID: <20021118171233.99909.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> In-Reply-To: <20021118164406.GC19355@xtanbul.studio.espresso-com.com> References: <200211180932.gAI9Wsk5074770@repoman.freebsd.org> <20021118164406.GC19355@xtanbul.studio.espresso-com.com>
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-- discussion moved to appropriate forum FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.org -- please do not reply sending to other lists On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:43:44AM -0500, The Anarcat wrote: > > How does the new multimedia category relate with regards to graphics > and audio? > > Will ports (e.g. mplayer) be moved around to accomodate that > definition? Good question. Perhaps, we should elaborate in the new definition. It's too vague - multimedia : Multimedia software Multimedia encompasses pictograms, images, video, audio, .... Should we define that if the software is - only audio related: audio - only graphics related: graphics - if port is listed as both audio and graphics: multimedia - video (video formats) related: multimedia Still too vague, we still need to elaborate. Here follows a simple example on why this is too vague: xmms is clearly an audio category port, right? However, it does have several plugins that add images to the music; not to mention, a mpeg video plugin. We can still rule that xmms is primarly audio. Nonetheless, how do we rule the visual plugins? They are graphics but they react to the music, a multimedia relationship. Are they multimedia? Or, audio? The mpeg video plugin is clearly multimedia. Or, is it graphics? We should think about before starting a repo copy spree. -- Mario S F Ferreira - DF - Brazil - "I guess this is a signature." Computer Science Undergraduate | FreeBSD Committer | CS Developer flames to beloved devnull@someotherworldbeloworabove.org feature, n: a documented bug | bug, n: an undocumented feature To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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