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[Jonathan Thomas <jonathan.oomph@xxxxxxxxx>]

While testing the Daily PPA tonight, I found a few problems right away.  The
Setup.py file for OpenShot was modified to include the /docs/gnome and
/docs/omf folders, which now conflict with the openshot-docs packaging.
 Also, I tested the PPA on Ubuntu 10.10, and it fails in the av_formats.py
file.  Probably due to an older version of MLT (0.5.6).

Error:  ValueError: invalid null reference in method "new_Properties"
Ln 79:  codecs = mlt.Properties(c.get_data('vcodec'))

This same error is raised on the "vcodec", "acodec", and "formats" methods.

It's always tricky to decide which versions of Ubuntu to support.  In past
releases of OpenShot, we usually stay compatible with the 4 most recent
versions of Ubuntu.  So, I'm not sure the best way to solve this, other than
reverting the av_format.py code back to "melt", which is more compatible...
at least for another release. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
-Jonathan

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Jonathan Thomas
<jonathan.oomph@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> *Daily PPA*
> I have setup a LaunchPad recipe (
> https://code.launchpad.net/~openshot.code/+recipe/openshot-daily) which
> takes the latest source code from our trunk, and the latest Debian packaging
> scripts from our Debian branch, and builds a daily version (assuming their
> are new commits in our trunk).  The resulting packages are then
> automatically uploaded to a NEW Daily PPA:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~openshot.developers/+archive/daily.  I tried
> my best to give this PPA a "scary" name so only testers will install it.  I
> haven't tested this new PPA yet, but I finally got it to build and publish
> without error... so hopefully it works good.  I'm going to give it a test
> tonight.
>
> *Plans for 1.4.0:*
> This is going to happen really fast, so try and keep up. =)  I have filed
> a new bug report<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mlt/+bug/848573>to sync the newest version of MLT (0.7.4-3) from Debian unstable to Ubuntu
> 11.10's repository.  Hopefully, I'll be able to get the Ubuntu developers to
> approve the request, since the "Feature Freeze" for 11.10 is already in
> effect.  Andy and I are freezing the code base of OpenShot as of today, for
> any new features.  Translations will take place over the next 10 days (or
> so), and I will be posting a new blog entry to help motivate and recruit
> translators.  This gives us 10 days to test OpenShot 1.4.0 on the following
> platforms (Lucid, Maverick, Natty, and Oneiric).  Hopefully, the daily PPA
> will allow more people to help us test than normal.  During this 10 days,
> only bug fixes, and translation updates will happen.  Then we release 1.4.0
> to Debian and our PPA somewhere between September 23rd and 26th.  We'll let
> users give it a try for 1 or 2 days, and be sure we don't have any "huge"
> bugs.  Then we'll submit a sync request (with feature freeze exception) to
> Ubuntu 11.10, and cross our fingers they will accept it.
>
> I would encourage every single person on this mailing list to help us test.
>  We have a very short window of time to get this released in time for Ubuntu
> 11.10.  I think it's very important we get our newest code into Ubuntu, due
> to the fact we are now a "Featured Application", and our user base will
> likely increase substantially over the next release cycle.  So, please,
> please, please help us test during the next 10 days.  Our new Daily PPA
> combined with a clean Ubuntu install on VirtualBox is a great combination
> for testing.  Good luck to us all! =)
>
> Thanks!
> -Jonathan
>