Control: tags -1 confirmed On 18/07/18 11:45, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > Hi > > On 2018-04-25 15:28:42, James Cowgill wrote: >> Package: release.debian.org >> Severity: normal >> User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org >> Usertags: transition >> >> Hi, >> >> FFmpeg 4.0 is the new major release of FFmpeg and as such upstream has >> bumped the SONAMEs of all libraries so there needs to be a transition. >> >> The new package is in experimental. It currently has a few issues, but I >> think all except one autopkgtest failure are fixed in git. I'll upload a >> new version once that is fixed. >> >> I performed a rebuild of all rdeps with a pre-release version of FFmpeg >> three months ago and have just done another rebuild. I have filed the >> bugs here (and will add them as blocking bugs of this bug): >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=ffmpeg-4.0-transition;users=debian-multime...@lists.debian.org >> >> At the time of writing, there are 54 open bugs where packages FTBFS with >> the new version. We could delay the transition a bit to reduce the >> number of bugs before it starts, but given that it's been three months >> since most were filed, I'm not sure how much that would help. Fixing all >> of them myself sounds like a lot of work :) > > The list of open bugs is down to the following: > > Also FTBFS in unstable: > > #888360 [src:pjproject] pjproject: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > > Not in testing: > > #888357 [src:opal] opal: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > #888372 [src:freerdp] freerdp: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 (scheduled to be removed) > > Fixed upstream, patches forwarded upstream or patches in the BTS: > > #888326 [src:gst-libav1.0] gst-libav1.0: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > #888338 [src:libavg] libavg: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > #888345 [src:forked-daapd] forked-daapd: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > #888366 [src:qtwebengine-opensource-src] qtwebengine-opensource-src: FTBFS > with FFmpeg 4.0 > #888371 [src:webcamoid] webcamoid: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > #888373 [src:libextractor] libextractor: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > #888383 [src:kodi] kodi: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > > No patches and not fixed upstream: > > #888331 [src:vdr-plugin-softhddevice] vdr-plugin-softhddevice: FTBFS with > FFmpeg 4.0 > #888340 [src:gmerlin-encoders] gmerlin-encoders: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > #888374 [src:gmerlin-avdecoder] gmerlin-avdecoder: FTBFS with FFmpeg 4.0 > > The last three would be candidates for temporary removal from testing. All the > others should be fixable with maintainer uploads or NMUs. So I think we should > consider starting the transition soon.
Sounds good. Please go ahead. Emilio
