* Moritz Muehlenhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061212 22:39]: > A Mennucc wrote: > > PS: actually, I personally do not agree to this bug being tagged > > "serious". We all know that dynamical linking is the recommended way > > to go (as stated in d-policy); but currently neither mplayer is apt to > > this (dynamic linking breaks many features); nor is ffmpeg, that does > > not have a stable documented API. And indeed most multimedia packages > > ship an internal copy of ffmpeg; some of these packages can be linked > > dynamically to the ffmpeg in Debian (e.g. libxine1) but some others > > cannot (e.g. gst-ffmpeg). AFAIK, "dynamic linking to ffmpeg Debian > > package" was never stated as a "release goal". So I really do not think > > that bug 395252 should be "serious". > > It is serious, as it hampers Debian's ability to issue security updates > in a timely manner.
JFTR, I agree with whatever the opinion of the security team is on that - they'll be the ones who have to live with it anyways. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
