[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in virtual/ffmpeg: ffmpeg-9.ebuild ChangeLog ffmpeg-0.10.2-r1.ebuild

[Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org>]

On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:40:02 +0000 (UTC)
"Tomas Chvatal (scarabeus)" <scarabeus@gentoo.org> wrote:

> scarabeus    13/01/16 12:40:02
> 
>   Modified:             ChangeLog
>   Added:                ffmpeg-9.ebuild
>   Removed:              ffmpeg-0.10.2-r1.ebuild
>   Log:
>   Add new virtual for 1.1/9 series. Masked. Also it has switched dep
> order as will be announced upon unmasking. 

... and since we are committing silently without any real discussion I
will switch the dep order again and announce it much later without
leaving room for discussion :)

More seriously: Why ? Who decided this ?
Let's be realistic, both upstreams claim they're better than the other
in one way or another, and let's think like serious downstreams, not
like upstream playground.

As a downstream, I can see plenty of reasons against, but none in favor
of this change:
- There are still a couple of non-trivial packages that need to be
  fixed to work with libav while I don't know any that works with libav
  but not ffmpeg.
- All (but the one discovered in Nov. 2012) of the security issues
  fixed by libav 0.8.5, released on Jan. 13 2013 were fixed in May 2012
  (!!) for ffmpeg according to the website... 8 months before...

Alexis.