-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 02/13/2014 04:48 AM, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
>> After ***forcing*** users to use libav instead of ffmpeg in debian >> therefore making it to stuck with outdated fork istead of rapidly >> developing original it's too late to talk about freedom.. > > Gosh, we are not forcing you to use libav, we just considered it > better at the time a decision had to be made. I was not aware that the decision of whether to go with libav or with FFmpeg had involved any consideration at all of which one was better, only consideration of which one had someone available who was willing to do the packaging work. Specifically, it was my impression at the time that Reinhard Tartler had been the primary person packaging FFmpeg for Debian, that he was part of the group that chose to fork FFmpeg into libav, that he naturally chose to switch to packaging the forked version because he was aligned with that fork, and that no one else stepped up to be willing to package FFmpeg in his place. If the decision was in fact not made entirely by Reinhard, and there was actual discussion internal to Debian which would confirm the fact, I'd be interested to see it. > If you care that much about ffmpeg, then get your lazy ass up and > help getting it packaged instead of spamming on debian-devel. While I agree that "spamming" debian-devel about it is likely not helpful (at least not at this stage, and especially not in the terms which were used), if you read the current RFP/ITP (hybrid) bug which was linked elsewhere in this branch of the thread, it doesn't seem to be that simple. > As long as you don't actively contribute to Debian yourself and try > to introduce changes to your liking, you will have to deal with other > people's preferences. It's like that and that's the way it is... Quite true, which is at least one-third of the reason I didn't speak up against the switch to libav at the time when it happened. Reinhard preferred it, and he was the one doing the work. - -- The Wanderer Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJS/Mv/AAoJEASpNY00KDJrxwYP/i/MmRV3mzl3vVfSFTndP12l E3XVizeAvl0g5gLBsQ26spuOHFW1KOpmTYBHGOu2pa1JdbeMh+lsOIIn6RZods6O lNaQuMCMdSSYl52HvfZV/YM0k6wsYpBotkeU1xy7LeqTBYw52ILEhYtG+ZRK65jF Nt+ipqeb2pseG+z0qPFtB0QSW/LTaENQosPLky2xOZpC/WdHwXPGegY1UJCq7zCU /R7SEx8+yPXW3siC97ZFzo39xfap+6OtFRr2QXxSb3MM1QdRg+ZFG2uPgDlnf9wq XMqzjl4vfjqu290zjmJXSo8tgd/utjs9UNGCNqm3FrOXqDufgZ3ZAyOf6NhkKB59 V5mOvRIb83aWm7c+mqscQYFeuPVrcpnrobxVUzwmzwMv68EIHN3VBhnXVHMuamwZ w2e+e/saMZhgBuNf91mkxGizn+3UOxcqYY5BaoBpOmvndUQa2+pBIQDGiVHq99Rd 23GzfXV5Jx7kOoCH5lp9CwRyVVpdaRYC5GzSbwqUncN1bF1wQImJImoJNuIzEFQA UwFaGKa2hRiAqPeTISll4B6zuCrnWZBFAieAdS9xBU5vhgjuyNJTQueuXUVVKDkN bj2fvGlG3yDTGXL16eJCO8A2bBlVrPmF7+tZRqMXEHMR/DDv2TlMZTg+eW99tboj +JhRTfwpwwVKcGQDpHqM =1gRX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52fccbff.7000...@fastmail.fm
