Re: Bug#275324: flac: new upstream source available
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 11:52:35AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > I don't think this is an issue for the sarge release, myself. I'd much
> > rather have a well-tested 1.1.0 in sarge than try to force in 1.1.1 when it
> > is obviously a major change.
>
> I have read more on the ogg flac changes, and the differences are that the
> old format (i.e. ogg flac files produced by 1.1.0) is:
> 1) unsupported
> 2) un-seekable
>
> I was under the impression that the files would not be readable at all
> (which would be RC IMHO). Apparently they are only severily crippled
> (unseekable audio streams).
Yes, this is unfortunate, but it has always been this way (for years). It
is not a regression, and Debian will survive with the old version.
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- mdz
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