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and subject line Re: Bug#692193: ffmpeg: description claims that ffmpeg is a
transitional package, but it isn't
has caused the Debian Bug report #692193,
regarding ffmpeg: description claims that ffmpeg is a transitional package, but
it isn't
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Package: ffmpeg
Version: 6:0.8.4-1
Severity: normal
The ffmpeg description is:
Description: Multimedia player, server, encoder and transcoder (transitional
package)
which is incorrect because the package provides the ffmpeg program
(and its man page). Removing a transitional package should be
completely safe, but here doing this breaks other software on the
machine (e.g. the DownloadHelper Firefox extension, which knows
about ffmpeg, but not avconv). Please use another word in the
package description such as "obsolete".
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages ffmpeg depends on:
ii libav-tools 6:0.8.4-1
ii libavcodec53 6:0.8.4-1
ii libavdevice53 6:0.8.4-1
ii libavfilter2 6:0.8.4-1
ii libavformat53 6:0.8.4-1
ii libavutil51 6:0.8.4-1
ii libc6 2.13-36
ii libpostproc52 6:0.8.4-1
ii libswscale2 6:0.8.4-1
ffmpeg recommends no packages.
ffmpeg suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:50 AM, Bob Bib <[email protected]> wrote:
> And what about making /usr/bin/ffmpeg a symlink to /usr/bin/avconv in future
> package versions?
the Debian package named 'ffmpeg' is transitional in the sense that it
will go away in jessie as currently implemented in experimental. With
that being said, the bug report is not valid and I am therefore
closing it.
A symlink is not a good option as avconv and ffmpeg are not
command-line compatible. The fact that the command-line interface of
ffmpeg changes frequently anyways is a poor excuse and does not help
anyone.
regards,
Reinhard
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regards,
Reinhard
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