On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:03:50AM +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > [preface: the following is just for the sake of discussion - I am > satisfied by how we reached an agreement]
> Steve Langasek ha scritto: > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 01:02:55PM +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > >> ffmpeg is developed inside MPlayer ; for that reason, they (correctly) > >> feel free to improve it in any way they like. This is clearly stated in > >> the web pages of ffmpeg: no stable api, sorry. > > I don't see anything correct about this, frankly. I think these comprise > > abysmal maintenance practices on the part of upstream, and if it were my > > decision *personally*, I would likely judge mplayer/ffmpeg too immature to > > be included in a stable release until they did settle on a stable API. > ok, suppose you are right: > we delete ffmpeg from Debian stable, > since it is not really a library yet > we delete mplayer from Debian stable, > since it immaturely links with ffmpeg > then > - your judgement should be applied to all other programs that > ship (*) an internal copy of ffmpeg, and/or > - Moritz request of not having multiple copies > should apply to them Um, I said this would be my conclusion if it were my decision *personally*. I'm not the maintainer of any of these packages, so it's not. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
