Hi Reinhard, 2014-03-01 17:01 GMT+01:00 Reinhard Tartler <siret...@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Moritz Mühlenhoff <j...@inutil.org> wrote: >> I made a rebuild and the transitions isn't ready to go at all. >> >> IMO the API changes are far too agressive; if 2/3 of all packages in >> the archive FTBFS, the affected APIs are clearly not that deprecated. >> >> I can understand the removal of ill-designed functions if it helps >> to streamline/robustify the code, but e.g. the removal of CODEC_ID* >> causes lots of churn for no measurable benefit. > > As Anton points out, the API changes are agressive, but done for good > reason, most of which are documented in the transition guide. It is a > wiki and will be extended as necessary. The CODEC_ID issue is indeed > annoying, but kinda critical for C++ applications. Also note that the > new names are supported even in debian/stable, so there is really no > need for backwards compatibility here. > > Anyway, now two weeks after, I think things look much better now: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=libav10;users=j...@debian.org > > Most packages have patches readily available or need a new upstream > version. Note that more and more packages require libav10 to build, > and are held back in experimental for this reason. > > The todo list of bugs without a patch is also shrinking rapidly: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=libav10;users=j...@debian.org;exclude=tags%3Apatch%2C+fixed-upstream > > From the velocity of how fast packages are being patched, I think we > are in a rather good position to start this transition. When do you plan starting the transition? How about opening it with Libav 10.1? ;-) I think we are in a pretty good position for startin now.
Cheers, Balint _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
