Bug#402793: tech-ctte: gst-ffmpeg links with its own private ffmpeg copy

2006-12-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 08:03:24PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: I kindly ask the Technical Committee to rule on the gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg case. The gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg package includes its own private ffmpeg copy and is built against it. Upstream's rationale is that ffmpeg's API and

Bug#402793: tech-ctte: gst-ffmpeg links with its own private ffmpeg copy

2006-12-13 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 13 décembre 2006 à 01:19 +0100, Loïc Minier a écrit : It's not very clear whether you think I'm objecting to the changes in all cases, or only before etch. I am against such a change before etch in all cases given where we stand in the release cycle. Yes, my request is about

Bug#402793: tech-ctte: gst-ffmpeg links with its own private ffmpeg copy

2006-12-13 Thread Sebastian Dröge
Hi, as one of the GStreamer maintainers I also wanted to express my oppinion on this issue. First of all I can only second Loic's statement that this is definitely nothing that should be changed at this stage of release before etch. The change is far too intrusive and even if it fixes h264 videos

Bug#402793: tech-ctte: gst-ffmpeg links with its own private ffmpeg copy

2006-12-12 Thread Josselin Mouette
Package: tech-ctte Severity: normal Hi, I kindly ask the Technical Committee to rule on the gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg case. The gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg package includes its own private ffmpeg copy and is built against it. Upstream's rationale is that ffmpeg's API and ABI aren't stable and that they

Bug#402793: tech-ctte: gst-ffmpeg links with its own private ffmpeg copy

2006-12-12 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006, Josselin Mouette wrote: I kindly ask the Technical Committee to rule on the gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg case. While I would personally value the tech-ctte as a mean to resolve problematic technical issues and in some cases save us of flames, I don't think it was needed for