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From: "Marijn Schouten (hkBst)" <hkBst@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: lame use flag, local to global
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:45:52
Message-Id: 470F4DF2.8020205@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: lame use flag, local to global by Steve Long
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4 Steve Long wrote:
5 > Duncan wrote:
6 >
7 >> Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o> posted 470CD9B5.3000706@g.o,
8 >> excerpted below, on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:55:01 -0600:
9 >>
10 >>> The reason we have mp3 and lame use flag is because there is more than
11 >>> one mp3 encoder. In almost every case of the use flag being applied
12 >>> above, there is already support for another mp3 codec (ffmpeg). So,
13 >>> lame adds support for lame, not for mp3, which is also provided.
14 >> In that case, shouldn't the description mention that? Something like:
15 >>
16 >> MP3 encoding support using LAME (as opposed to ffmpeg)
17 >>
18 > What about when the next one gets added-- would it need to say "as opposed
19 > to ffmpeg or lame"?
20 >
21 > I agree where there's a choice, the ebuild should offer lame or ffmpeg or
22 > w/e, and where not simply mp3 (along with the encode/decode being
23 > orthogonal.)
24
25 what about mp3=lame or mp3=ffmpeg? This will also be easily extendable when
26 the next implementations comes along (mp3=newmp3lib).
27
28 Marijn
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31 Marijn Schouten (hkBst), Gentoo Lisp project
32 <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-lisp on FreeNode
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[gentoo-dev] Re: lame use flag, local to global Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>