Re: Bug#275324: flac: new upstream source available
severity 275324 wishlist
thanks
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:20:43AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> We have a problem. It seems that FLAC 1.1.1 is not exactly "just an
> update":
>
> 1) It changed a lot of APIs (so we need a new soname for some of the libs)
> (i.e. they changed some prototypes, and deleted a few)
>
> AND, the *BAD* thing:
> 2) It changed the FLAC format in incompatible ways to what is
> now the official version of the format (so we can't just "not upgrade")
> for Ogg streams.
>
> I am upgrading this bug to RC, and will prepare a NMU with urgency medium
> (but I will not upload it yet). Then we can contact the release team and see
> what we can do.
>
> I don't think we can ship sarge with an outdated ogg FLAC file format!
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.
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- mdz
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