On Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:20:43 +0200 Andreas Cadhalpun <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Antonio, > > On 23.08.2014 16:07, Antonio Ospite wrote: > > Hi Andreas, I am the maintainer of libam7xxx, the recipient of #758348. > > > > I am curios: will the user choose what libraries to link to (libav or > > ffmpeg) using the "update-alternatives" mechanism? > > > > Or will the libav and ffmpeg packages conflict one with the other? > > Actually, neither of the two is the case. ;) > > The maintainers of multimedia packages (e.g. you) will choose between > depending on e.g. libavcodec-dev (from Libav) or libavcodec-ffmpeg-dev > (from FFmpeg). > And this is because there is no API compatibility between the two projects anymore? > If libavcodec-dev is chosen, the binaries will be linked against > libavcodec.so.55 from the libavcodec55 package and if > libavcodec-ffmpeg-dev is chosen, they will be linked against > libavcodec-ffmpeg.so.55 from libavcodec-ffmpeg55. > > The runtime libraries are co-installable, only the development packages > conflict. Thus one can e.g. install and use both ffmpeg and avconv packages. > > I hope I could answer your question. > Sure, the answer was very clear. Thanks, Antonio -- Antonio Ospite http://ao2.it A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
