[SCM] libdvdnav/master: Merge tag 'upstream/4.9.0__gita5c13254'

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Bálint Réczey <balint at balintreczey.hu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2014-02-12 14:47 GMT+01:00 Reinhard Tartler <siretart at gmail.com>:
>> FYI:
>>
>> I intend to switch our system libdvdnav library to the version
>> provided on videolan. Some discussion on this fork can be seen on the
>> dvdnav mailing list:
>>
>> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/dvdnav-discuss/2013-November/002001.html
>>
>> Please tell me if you have concerns, but I think this is the right
>> thing to do for Debian. FWIW, I believe that what we currently have in
>> git/master is good enough for unstable. I'll upload later this week
>> unless someone objects.
> I have concerns regarding the switch.
> XBMC ships its own (fork of) libdvdnav, too, but I think I have
> recently convinced
> them to try to upstream some of their contributions to libdvdnav [1]
> and I fail to
> immediately see why VLC couldn't do so.

Well, the message I've quoted above explains this pretty well, I think.

Did xbmc try to send the patches to j-b? Do you have a reference for
the upstream submissions?

Note that this upload would fix a RC bug that we have right now, and I
currently see less problems in getting the xbmc patches into the
videolan branch.

Best,
Reinhard