Bug#729203: (no subject)

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 09:50:37PM +0100, Georg Lippitsch wrote:
> Am 10.01.2014, 17:52 Uhr, schrieb Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>:
> 
>  to do
> >>
> >>apt-get install ffmpeg
> >>
> >>or
> >>
> >>apr-get install libav
> >>...
> >
> >It is a misconception that making this optional would be a reasonable
> >solution - in reality the hassle that would create would is so huge
> >that no sane person would want to implement the packaging for something
> >like that.
> 
> But anyways, the misleading naming of the packages should stop. If
> Debian decides to go with libav, they should not name the package
> ffmpeg. Repeatedly explaining to people that they do not have ffmpeg
> on their computer despite typing "apt-get install ffmpeg" is really
> annoying.

That's already implimented in exactly the way you demand in 
unstable/testing:

  http://packages.debian.org/ffmpeg
  http://packages.debian.org/libav-tools


> Georg

cu
Adrian

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