Bug#590234: FTBFS with ffmpeg 0.6

[Ludovico Cavedon]

On 08/18/2010 09:21 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> Thanks for the patches, I was tracking the activity on launchpad and
>> planning to apply the patches, but then testing freeze cought me at
>> surprise :)
> 
> Well, the release team expressed their intend to freeze "soon" since
> quite some time. But it seems that you weren't the only developer that
> doubted them...

I was expecting an announcement before the freeze, but I can see their
point in doing the way they did.

>> I am not sure I am following you: how are these two patches affecting
>> the binNMUability in squeeze?
> 
> Probably not anymore in squeeze proper (at time of writing, I still
> hoped to squeeze FFmpeg 0.6 in), but in case we'll do an ffmpeg 0.6
> add-on repository for squeeze (think backports.org), it would be
> necessary to have a package of qutecom that actually builds.

I see.
In the scenario you are prospecting, it will probably make sense to
backport qutecom too.
Thanks for the clarification. I think we are not in the term for
requesting a freeze exception.

I will test the latest qutecom snapshot and upload it to experimental.

Thanks,
Ludo