Despite some packages are missing support to libav i'd avoid to switch back to ffmpeg. Libav is much way cleaner and stable than ffmpeg.
We have very good contacts with libav upstream, and this was already helpful when we had issues with other packages failing against it (that now i can't even recall). Differently i don't see we would have real benefits from the switch aside the missing software you mentioned, but i imagine it would give more headaches (as you pointed out, ffmpeg is even breaking compatibility between 3.x versions..). We are one of the few distributions (actually i'm not aware of others) that support libav out of the box, and i'm proud of it. What i would propose instead is trying to push upstream projects that misses libav support and/or helping libav providing support to them. That being said, if majority of the staff agree and wants the transition, i would be ok with it, despite not liking it :o) Il giorno sab 29 apr 2017 alle ore 00:23 Jerrod Frost <piroisl...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Just a heads up, right now we're thinking of working to get libav working > upstream. We are still in talks and it's not set in stone yet. > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 2:13 PM Sławomir Nizio <slawomir.ni...@sabayon.org> > wrote: > >> Joost expressed on IRC he would be OK with the switch. >> >> Ettore - ? >> Fabio - ? >> The world economy - ? >> >> > -- Regards, Ettore Di Giacinto - Sabayon Project Lead
