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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:44:54
Message-Id: 21714.1582.434483.52668@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default by Matthias Maier
1 >>>>> On Wed, 04 Feb 2015, Matthias Maier wrote:
2
3 >> So can someone please remind me what are the technical reasons why we
4 >> prefer libav over ffmpeg?
5
6 > *ugh* Please no.
7
8 > What about leaving the default (if there ever was such a default) as it
9 > is and avoid the otherwise imminent trainwreck?
10
11 As I said, so far the default was very weak, namely by ordering of
12 dependencies in a || ( ) group.
13
14 This has changed since the libav flag is now enabled in profiles:
15 http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/make.defaults?r1=1.121&r2=1.122
16
17 Ulrich

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default Mike Auty <ikelos@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>