On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:14:39PM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > Do you have a good idea how to avoid all the problems of mixing both
> > libraries while also creating a sufficient usage of the FFmpeg libraries
> > in a way that both libraries can be in testing at the same time, or are
> > you just setting a hurdle intended to be impossible to pass for FFmpeg?
>
> I'm pretty sure Debian already had to deal with multiple situations
> like that. I can't think of the examples off the top of my head, but
> what about for example the two sets of Kerberos libraries, krb5 vs.
> heimdal? I think others could point out other examples. Is the
> situation here fundamentally more difficult?
Half a dozen libraries.
Some have different sonames, some have the same soname.
soname changes are frequent (the next libav soname change is already in
experimental).
Having both libraries in the archive at the same time would be a
horrible mess to sort out.
And here we have a maintainer requiring to have all that mess of having
both in testing at the same time sorted out - just for allowing him to
"sensibly compare them" and then pick the one he prefers.
> Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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