Package: gstreamer1.0-libav
Version: 1.12.0-1

Incorrect package description (and name) of gst-libav1.0 / gstreamer1.0-libav: Refers to libav even though Ubuntu/Debian uses FFmpeg instead of libav:

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Package: gstreamer1.0-libav
...
Description: libav plugin for GStreamer
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 http://www.libav.org/
 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-libav.html
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They are distinct projects:
http://libav.org/ <-- Was used in the past
https://ffmpeg.org/ <-- Now used by Ubuntu and Debian

More history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libav#History

The incorrect wording appears to be directly inherited from upstream:
https://packages.debian.org/experimental/gstreamer1.0-libav

So the package description and names in Ubuntu and in Debian appear to be wrong. They should replace 'libav' with 'ffmpeg' (although confusingly both provide 'libav*' libraries).

Short term I think it makes sense to just fix up the Description text. Longer term if libav dies off in favor of ffmpeg and/or no one intends to ever switch back to libav from ffmpeg again then the package and projects should rename to s/libav/ffmpeg/g.

Downstream bug report: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694409

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