[CC'ing oe-devel] On 21 January 2016 at 15:14, Alexander Kanavin < alexander.kana...@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> let's replace libav with ffmpeg in oe-core. The reasons are: > > - all of the major distributions are using ffmpeg now (the last holdout > was Debian, and they switched to ffmpeg in summer 2015 after a long > discussion and deliberation [1][2]) > - ffmpeg is much more responsive to security issues > - ffmpeg does regular releases, while libav hasn't had one since spring > 2015 > - other reasons listed in [2] > > [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/650816/ > [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/libav-provider/ffmpeg > > Objections, thoughts? > Sounds sensible to me. However we're a week away from M2 deadline so I'm not sure we'll be able to have a consensus and get patches before that unless someone is incredibly motivated. Ross -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel