On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:52:06 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 08:17:45AM +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > > Agree with many on at least providing the *option* for users to have > > the original ffmpeg instead of libav and using sensible clear names > > and descriptions for both packages. > >... > > > > Without getting into the politics of the fork etc. users should be > > able 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. > > Doing that for local use might not be too hard, but doing it 100% > correct for a Debian release is simply not feasible. Can you clarify why this is not possible? The library names of ffmpeg and libav now seem perfectly orthogonal and it seems to me it should be possible to ship Jessie with both libav and ffmpeg if someone would be willing to package the latter. It turns out that this is exactly what this bug report is about: we have one brave soul that is volunteering for that effort. He has also clearly stated why libav doesn't respond to his requirements. If you have objections against ffmpeg being packaged in Debian, I suggest you clarify those instead of requiring Rogério to address the CTTE right away, which seems to me a little abusive. Rogério, I would suggest you go ahead with the packaging and an upload, don't let the flames fan your enthousiasm. A. -- Non qui parum habet, sed qui plus cupit, pauper est. It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (65 AD)
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