Re: Duplicate Packages from Debian archive in DMO

Hi there,

Just want to add a bit more info to this:

>> > Is there any particular reason why DMO ships ffmpeg?
>>
>> Could you tell me why I should move to libav ? I'm packaging ffmpeg for
>> 11 years and I'm happy with that.
>
> If you're comfortable packaging ffmpeg, then packaging libav should be
> no problem to you at all. One of the main reasons cited for why Debian
> (and Ubuntu) went with libav was because it would offer more
> stability, something desirable with respect to maintaining a distro
> such as Debian. See this link.
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2011-May/000891.html

I asked myself this question sometime ago, i.e. why Debian opted for
libav instead of ffmpeg. I voiced my concern here:

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2011-December/022895.html
and
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2011-December/022903.html

Then later I got this final, insightful response
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2011-December/023070.html

I hope this helps

Cheers

Andres