[aklug] Re: Debian Day August 16, 2015

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Greg Schmitz <greg@amipa.org> wrote:
> From Wheezy a while back, "This package contains the deprecated ffmpeg
> program. This package also serves as a transitional package to libav-tools.
> Users are advised to use avconv from the libav-tools package instead of
> ffmpeg." <https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/ffmpeg>
>
> My issue with Debian has to do with trust and the integrity of the OS
> package, as well as functionality. At least one of the folks in a position
> to influence what is/was included in the Debian distro was also affiliated
> with libav (forked from ffmpeg) and managed to get ffmpeg pulled from the
> Debian distro. I was shocked when I installed a Debian package and was
> informed that ffmpeg was "Deprecated," which was of course a lie (and not
> included in the distro or the repository either). FFmpeg is a tool that I
> use on a regular basis. What other packages have been discarded by Debian
> for reasons other than functionality and use? Ironically Debian has now
> moved back to ffmpeg and dropped libav [1].
>
> --greg schmitz
>
> [1] Corbet, Jonathan. "Why Debian returned to FFmpeg" 2015 July 13;
> https://lwn.net/Articles/650816/

Very informative - hadn't heard about the libav/ffmpeg tussle. Thanks
for relaying this.

Royce
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Received on Sun Aug 16 22:38:23 2015