From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q2PaO-0005ux-FK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:03:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3DA11C0B0; Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:02:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.jolexa.net (mail.jolexa.net [69.164.203.224]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B39AD1C090 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:02:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.jolexa.net (Postfix, from userid 5001) id EAEDA5F213; Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:01:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on helios.jolexa.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 Received: from mail.jolexa.net (mail.jolexa.net [69.164.203.224]) by mail.jolexa.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75EA95F204 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:01:59 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:01:59 -0500 From: Jeremy Olexa To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual/ffmpeg and media-video/libav In-Reply-To: <4D89FEC1.1030905@gentoo.org> References: <4D89FEC1.1030905@gentoo.org> Message-ID: <509b5f5e24de3a32cb171d536b2f7fa8@webmail.jolexa.net> X-Sender: darkside@gentoo.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.6-svn Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 8f2be2169343abe5f718073fb8e4f3eb On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:08:01 +0100, Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Chv=C3=A1tal wrote: > Hi guys, > As there is new ffmpeg fork that is a bit alive we should provide it=20 > as > alternative to current media-video/ffmpeg. > > So libav is stored in media-video/libav (look at it, try to find=20 > issues > and stuff). > > Virtual package is virtual/ffmpeg where now i implemented it to have > versioned dependencies. > So there is virtual/ffmpeg-0.6 virtual/ffmpeg-9999 where the apps can > decide what they need. > Samuli pointed out that we do not slot ffmpeg nor support versioned=20 > deps > and always demand everything to be working with latest. If you have > strong opinion on that one please express it here so the virtual gets > redesigned to just simple virtual/ffmpeg-0.1 without any version=20 > stated > in it. I myself like the chance to express the version explicitly. > Virtual itself provide access to all useflags currently used in eapi2 > deps. More can be added when required. > > For what is libav i would suggest you go to their homepage > http://libav.org/ or poke Diego or Luca whom are actually members of > upstream :) > > And finally the list of current dependencies over ffmpeg see in=20 > attachment. > > Cheers > > Tomas When reading about the "fork" awhile back, I assumed that ffmpeg would=20 die and libav would continue in its place. Do we really need a virtual=20 for this?? -Jeremy