FFmpeg package in Debian/Ubuntu

Fabian Greffrath fabian at greffrath.com
Wed Oct 5 09:43:19 UTC 2011


Dear Dominik,

Am 23.09.2011 18:03, schrieb Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski:
> Dear All,
> I'm sending this (Bcc) to Debian/Ubuntu package maintainers who are listed
> under "Original Maintainers" on http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/ffmpeg
> and who seem to be doing something at least a bit related still.

You seem to have missed Debian multimedia packages maintainers 
<pkg-multimedia-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>. Shifting this 
mail there as I am not going to discuss this with you in private.

Cheers,
Fabian

> Since the unfortunate fork of FFmpeg into Libav, the maintaner of FFmpeg
> package decided to follow the fork and migrated the FFmpeg package to Libav
> in both Debian and Ubuntu. That's not surprising, considering he was one
> of those who did the forking. However, this leaves Debian and Ubuntu
> without the FFmpeg package, while the project is still alive and well.
> I'm told that at least Ubuntu (and I think Debian, too) is willing to
> ship an FFmpeg package and handle the inevitable library name clashes
> with the Libav fork as long as there is a willing maintainer.
>
> Would any of you consider stepping in and filling that role?
>
> I think it's a loss for both distributions not to have FFmpeg anymore,
> even if for no other reason than having healthy competition.
>
> I'm writing this as the maintainer of FFmpeg packages for Fedora who
> decided to stay with the original project and is a bit disappointed
> to see Debian/Ubuntu simply drop FFmpeg.
>
> Best regards,
> Dominik
>




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