Bug#729203: RFP is not a solution for ffmpeg
Hi Rogério,
I am currently doing some cleanup among WNPP bugs, and this one strikes
me as between useless and harmful.
Harmful, since adding ffmpeg additionally to libav to the archive would
create a great mess with the ffmpeg/libav libraries.
The only way to prevent endless discussions would be if you close this
RFP and instead send a bug to the Debian Technical Committee [1] for a
technical decision whether jessie should ship with libav or ffmpeg.
You could provide a link to a summary of the history of the ffmpeg/libav
split in case any of the Technical Committee members doesn't know about
it - it might not be relevant for the technical decision whether libav
or ffmpeg is a better choice for jessie, but it explains why a neutral
third party is needed for a decision.
Describe in detail why you think ffmpeg would be a better choice for
jessie than libav.
Invite the multimedia maintainers to describe in that bug why libav
would be a better choice for jessie than ffmpeg.
The Technical Committee then has the power to make a binding decision.
No matter which way the decision goes, it would be better to have a
decision that settles the issue for the near future than endless
discussions.
cu
Adrian
[1] http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte
[2] http://deb-multimedia.org/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/package/ffmpeg
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