Le 19/01/2015 23:40, Michał Górny a écrit : > 1. Compatibility. USE=ffmpeg is already used for || ( libav ffmpeg ) in > a lot of packages. If we changed the meaning, libav users will end up > switching '-ffmpeg libav' per-package. Ugly. > > 2. Feature-oriented flags. USE=ffmpeg represents the generic feature, > USE=libav is auxiliary implementation-switch flag. Well, maybe we could > use, say, USE=avcodec to avoid ambiguity but that's a larger change.
I think our users are clever enough to update their USE flags as they wish. USE=ffmpeg for FFmpeg support + USE=libav for libav support is simple and easily understood. I'd much rather we went with that. Cheers, Rémi
