On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 03:17:49PM +0100, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006, Diego Biurrun wrote: > > Just to clarify: MPlayer does not contain an embedded fork of FFmpeg, > > the FFmpeg libraries used in MPlayer are unmodified. > > I really fail to see why the same code should be in two sources then. > The Debian Mplayer packages should simply be uploaded coordinately with > ffmpeg if need be (and I don't expect that to happen too often). > > I think VLC and Xine-lib already follow this course of action, and VLC > and Xine are certainly comparable to Mplayer in terms of > functionalities and quality.
The problem I see is that multiple packages in Debian use different (some forked, some not) and possibly incompatible versions of FFmpeg upstream. Forcing them all to use the same version may not be easy.. > You might still want to discuss whether Mplayer is linked statically or > dynamically with Debian's ffmpeg, i.e. weighting performances with more > rebuilds during security announces, but the presence of the ffmpeg > sources in Mplayer is not acceptable if these are pristine and Mplayer > uses the ffmpeg API. However, the FFmpeg copy in Debian is not pristine ... Diego -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
