Re: new ffmpeg-debian for squeeze

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Reinhard Tartler [Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:06:22 +0100]:

> Hi Release Team,

Hello, Reinhard.

> as per the recent announcement on d-d-a, I'd like to announce that we,
> the pkg-multimedia team would like to update ffmpeg in squeeze at the
> earliest convenience. libavcodec has seen an SONAME bump (51->52)
> including some minor API changes.

> I do expect some breakage in packages. Espc. packages that use ffmpeg
> internals but also packages using the long-time deprecated and now
> removed internal software scaler. There is not much we can do about
> that, packages need to be ported to libswscale.

> Anyway, I'd rather like to start the transition soon. Please indicate if
> ok to upload now or to DELAYED-X.

Thanks a lot for coordinating with us, and for your patience, it's
muchly appreciated.

Please go forward with this transition at your earliest convenience.

Cheers,

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