On 7 February 2015 at 10:08, Mike Auty <ike...@gentoo.org> wrote: > [...] I > was concerned that a warning which had been in place in package.mask > since September was removed by a different developer than the one who > put it in place,
I discussed this beforehand with said developer on IRC. > and that a package was unmasked (while a USE flag was > masked) which then forced everyone who read the portage news article > and swapped mplayer to mpv based on the article, to then be told they > have to rebuild with ffmpeg after all, and potentially rebuild a lot > of other packages because of that. I was not aware of mpv upstream preference for ffmpeg when that news item was written, or I would have brought up that issue. You are right that the resulting situation is more confusing than it should be. Maybe I should have insisted on a news item, even tho maksbotan didn't think that was necessary. Do you think a news item to explain this situation and giving explicit instructions for users who wish to stay with libav would be useful? > The mask of the USE flag even > removed the possibility of building the newer mpv with libav No. Users can unmask the useflag and build mpv with libav if they wish. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer
