Hi, Nicolas, ask me to bring this discussion to the mailing list . Nicolas sorry for the delay , I had a big cold, I'm ok now (it just an excuse :) )
OK, all story is in https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4260 and in https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4145 and we have 48 packages depends on ffmpeg-libs. First, ABI changes of ffmpeg 3.0.x to 3.1.x ? "There are no SONAME changes, only new symbols added to the libraries, so they're backwards compatible and no rebuild of dependencies should be required" . "mpv will break" . My arguments, I read today http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#All_other_updates and it have one exceptions list, we have some items that can be applied to this case, like : - The update doesn't change ABI/API and nothing needs to be rebuilt against the new version. (almost) - The update fixes serious bugs that many fedora users are encountering. ffmpeg-3.0 is a major version that had short duration, it was the first version of an major version (3.0.x), so we expect have more bugs, also vlc now requires ffmpeg 3.1.x and we have to maintain it about more 9 months (F24 be an fresh version also counts). Finally Nicolas wrote: "I'm sure we should have a decision better sooner than later about this (...) I'm reserving my last arguments for the mailing list". I hope have one decision, quickly and close this subject (update ffmpeg in F24 to 3.1.x ? ). Best regards, -- Sérgio M. B.