Re: [gentoo-dev] Review: USE=libav news item

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 2015-01-24, o godz. 11:07:34
Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> napisał(a):

> El sáb, 24-01-2015 a las 00:39 +0100, Michał Górny escribió:
> > Title: USE=libav introduction
>
> As people could get blockers on upcoming "emerge -avuDN world" I would
> add some "hint" to the news item to suggest that one will help to solve
> that blockers. Maybe something like "USE=libav introduction to manage
> ffmpeg/libav selection and dependency conflicts"
>
> Or something else to point people to that news item in case they get the
> ugly blockers :/

Yeah, title is hard. Plus we have 55-char limit, I think.

> > The current USE=ffmpeg will maintain its role of enabling optional
> > support for ffmpeg or a compatible implementation (libav) in a
> > package.
> > However, whenever appropriate additional USE=libav will be introduced
> > to
> > control the preference of libav over ffmpeg.
>
> Have you think in adding a "libav" global use description and update
> "ffmpeg" one to explain this behavior? Otherwise new people not seeing
> this news item in some months or years will need to figure out by
> themselves that this USE if a bit "special".

Will be done when the news item is ready to be committed. And I've
updated USE=ffmpeg yesterday because it already means 'ffmpeg or libav'.

> > Users who currently use libav (the Gentoo default) do not have to
> > perform any action since USE=libav is enabled by default.
>
> Where is libav USE and package set as default over ffmpeg? I haven't
> found that in profiles/ dir :/ (or is it going to be done when
> implementing this?)

Right now in virtual/ffmpeg. The flag update will be committed along
with the news item.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny