Hi Andreas, 2015-06-06 21:05 GMT+02:00 Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhal...@googlemail.com>:
>> The current libav packaging already implements >> this in a way that the user can choose what packages to install. >> >> On a personal note: The libav packaging can surely be improved and >> simplified. But throwing away years of work just because, and knowing >> about the regressions for the sake of simplicity feels wrong. > > The main modernization would be a rewrite of the debian/rules file > in dh7-style. This naturally replaces the previous one. > The rest of the packaging is mainly declarative and can't be varied > that much anyway. > > Not having the libavcodec-extra flavor is not only a regression > (having no AMR encoder), but also an improvement (simpler debian/rules, > no license incompatibility to worry about, faster build, ...). > I happen to think the improvement factor is bigger than the regression > factor, but others may disagree. IMO there is a big problem in this reasoning. Our primary focus should be our users' needs and non of them would perceive any of the advantages directly, only the missing encoder. :-( 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
