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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: lame use flag, local to global
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:57:31
Message-Id: pan.2007.10.10.15.39.35@cox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] lame use flag, local to global by Steve Dibb
1 Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o> posted 470CD9B5.3000706@g.o,
2 excerpted below, on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:55:01 -0600:
3
4 > The reason we have mp3 and lame use flag is because there is more than
5 > one mp3 encoder. In almost every case of the use flag being applied
6 > above, there is already support for another mp3 codec (ffmpeg). So,
7 > lame adds support for lame, not for mp3, which is also provided.
8
9 In that case, shouldn't the description mention that? Something like:
10
11 MP3 encoding support using LAME (as opposed to ffmpeg)
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16 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
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[gentoo-dev] Re: lame use flag, local to global Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>