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Date:      Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:49:06 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 253448] Uses=kodi for kodi addons
Message-ID:  <bug-253448-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 253448
           Summary: Uses=3Dkodi for kodi addons
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Ports Framework
          Assignee: portmgr@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: decke@FreeBSD.org
                CC: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org

Created attachment 222382
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D222382&action=
=3Dedit
Patch for Mk/Uses/kodi.mk

We are at a point where multiple people want to add Addon Ports for
multimedia/kodi but we don't have any proper integration in the Ports Frame=
work
yet. The main problem is that pkg-plist for addons contains shared objects =
with
the version number of kodi. [1] This means updating kodi (even minor update=
s)
requires to also update all pkg-plists for all existing addons.

The good thing is that addons are a very good candidate for automatic plist
creation because they install their files into well defined directories
prefixed with the addon name. This is the main selling point for USES=3Dkod=
i.

In the world of kodi addons there are two types of addons:

(1) native addons (usually C++): There are multiple types (games/libretro, =
PVR,
visualization, screensaver) and I have tested a few of each category to make
sure I don't miss any special needs for any of those.=20

(2) python based addons: They seem to be fully platform independent so they=
 can
easily be installed from the kodi GUI and there is no need to create a port=
 for
them at all. They are not supported by this mk.

There are currently 11 addon ports waiting in bugzilla and 3 in the portstr=
ee
and I have converted most of them already to USES=3Dkodi in my repository. =
[2]


[1]
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/multimedia/kodi-addon-pvr-hts/pkg-pli=
st?view=3Dmarkup
[2] https://github.com/decke/ports/tree/master/games
[2] https://github.com/decke/ports/tree/master/multimedia

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