[Buildroot] [PATCH/RFC] package/kodi: bump to version 17.0-Krypton

[Buildroot] [PATCH/RFC] package/kodi: bump to version 17.0-Krypton

[Bernd Kuhls]

Hi,

on github you will find, as usual, a patch series as RFC to bump Kodi to 
current git master, to be released as 17.0-Krypton:

https://github.com/bkuhls/buildroot/commits/kodi17

17.0-alpha1 was released nine days ago, expect a release of this new 
version in the following months. The branch kodi17 includes the ffmpeg 3 
bump because Kodi 17 depends on it.

Regards, Bernd

[Buildroot] [PATCH/RFC] package/kodi: bump to version 17.0-Krypton

[Bernd Kuhls]

Am Tue, 10 May 2016 17:53:59 +0200 schrieb Bernd Kuhls:

> Hi,
> 
> on github you will find, as usual, a patch series as RFC to bump Kodi to
> current git master, to be released as 17.0-Krypton:
> 
> https://github.com/bkuhls/buildroot/commits/kodi17
> 
> 17.0-alpha1 was released nine days ago, expect a release of this new
> version in the following months. The branch kodi17 includes the ffmpeg 3
> bump because Kodi 17 depends on it.
> 
> Regards, Bernd

Hi,

Kodi 17.0-alpha2 was released two days ago. On github you will find my 
continuous updates, now including a package for the confluence skin with 
support to remove unwanted skins, like the default estuary/estouchy 
skins, from the buildroot image.

From my kodi17 branch I sent two patch series to the buildroot 
mailinglist for inclusion to prepare the Kodi 17 bump:

The first series updates the Kodi package in preparation for the bump:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/640793/
[v2,1/4] package/kodi: re-structure dependencies

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/640796/
[v2,2/4] package/kodi: Add suboption to control MySQL support

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/640795/
[v2,3/4] package/kodi: Add suboption to control UPnP support

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/640794/
[v2,4/4] package/kodi: Add suboption to control unrar support


The second series provides support for ffmpeg 3, parts of it were 
committed today to buildroot, the remaining patches are

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/643482/
[v4,2/7] package/ffmpeg: bump to version 3.1.1

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/643480/
[v4,4/7] package/ffmpeg: default to --cpu=generic for MIPS architecture

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/643477/
[v4,5/7] package/ffmpeg: re-enable for mips64r2 and mips64r6

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/643479/
[v4,6/7] package/vlc: bump version to git master (to be released as 3.0)

The main problem with this patch series is the fact that vlc did not 
release version 3.0 yet, I could not find publicly available informations 
about a release date.

On my personal setup I switched to Kodi 17 two weeks ago with positive 
results, for details read this blog posting:
https://kodi.tv/10-days-till-first-v17-krypton-alpha-release/

Regards, Bernd

[Buildroot] [PATCH/RFC] package/kodi: bump to version 17.0-Krypton

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

First of all, thanks for this status report! Please try to Cc me on
such e-mails in the future.

On Sat, 02 Jul 2016 16:30:14 +0200, Bernd Kuhls wrote:

> Kodi 17.0-alpha2 was released two days ago. On github you will find my 
> continuous updates, now including a package for the confluence skin with 
> support to remove unwanted skins, like the default estuary/estouchy 
> skins, from the buildroot image.
> 
> From my kodi17 branch I sent two patch series to the buildroot 
> mailinglist for inclusion to prepare the Kodi 17 bump:
> 
> The first series updates the Kodi package in preparation for the bump:
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/640793/
> [v2,1/4] package/kodi: re-structure dependencies
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/640796/
> [v2,2/4] package/kodi: Add suboption to control MySQL support

I made a comment on this one, asking why we add a sub-option instead of
using an implicit, not sure I got a reply.

> The second series provides support for ffmpeg 3, parts of it were 
> committed today to buildroot, the remaining patches are
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/643482/
> [v4,2/7] package/ffmpeg: bump to version 3.1.1
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/643480/
> [v4,4/7] package/ffmpeg: default to --cpu=generic for MIPS architecture
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/643477/
> [v4,5/7] package/ffmpeg: re-enable for mips64r2 and mips64r6
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/643479/
> [v4,6/7] package/vlc: bump version to git master (to be released as 3.0)
> 
> The main problem with this patch series is the fact that vlc did not 
> release version 3.0 yet, I could not find publicly available informations 
> about a release date.

Is ffmpeg 3.x mandatory for Kodi 17 ?

> On my personal setup I switched to Kodi 17 two weeks ago with positive 
> results, for details read this blog posting:
> https://kodi.tv/10-days-till-first-v17-krypton-alpha-release/

Cool! It's really very useful to have a contributor like you very
active on keeping our Kodi support up to date!

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

[Buildroot] [PATCH/RFC] package/kodi: bump to version 17.0-Krypton

[Bernd Kuhls]

Hi Thomas,

[posted and mailed]

Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni-
wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> wrote in 
news:20160702164034.76b8530e at free-electrons.com:

>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/640796/
>> [v2,2/4] package/kodi: Add suboption to control MySQL support
> 
> I made a comment on this one, asking why we add a sub-option instead of
> using an implicit, not sure I got a reply.

you will find my reply in the previous patchworks entry:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/635581/

> Is ffmpeg 3.x mandatory for Kodi 17 ?

yes:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/tools/depends/target/ffmpeg/FFMPEG-
VERSION

Upstream bump to 3.1 is pending: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10039

> Cool! It's really very useful to have a contributor like you very
> active on keeping our Kodi support up to date!

Thanks, but keep in mind that my production platform is based on x86 with an 
Intel Haswell CPU using its internal GPU so my test chain includes libva-
intel-driver, X.org with xdriver_xf86-video-intel and mesa3d with 
BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER_I965, this combo should stay in usable shape in 
buildroot, I can not runtime test on other archs.

Regards, Bernd