On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 09:50:37PM +0100, Georg Lippitsch wrote: > Am 10.01.2014, 17:52 Uhr, schrieb Adrian Bunk <b...@stusta.de>: > > to do > >> > >>apt-get install ffmpeg > >> > >>or > >> > >>apr-get install libav > >>... > > > >It is a misconception that making this optional would be a reasonable > >solution - in reality the hassle that would create would is so huge > >that no sane person would want to implement the packaging for something > >like that. > > But anyways, the misleading naming of the packages should stop. If > Debian decides to go with libav, they should not name the package > ffmpeg. Repeatedly explaining to people that they do not have ffmpeg > on their computer despite typing "apt-get install ffmpeg" is really > annoying.
That's already implimented in exactly the way you demand in unstable/testing: http://packages.debian.org/ffmpeg http://packages.debian.org/libav-tools > Georg cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140110205909.ga24...@bunk.dyndns.info
