[packman] ffmpeg not in monolithic repository

todd rme toddrme2178 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 4 18:28:49 CEST 2011


On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Neil Darlow <neil at darlow.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sunday 03 Apr 2011 23:13:23 Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>> But it contained a regression before it was merged into FFmpeg.
>
> So libav introduced features that were less than perfect while the ffmpeg
> project chose to wait until they were?

While technically true, I would say it does not fully reflect the
reality of the situation.  What happened was libav introduced features
before the developer of those features thought they were ready, while
ffmpeg decided to wait until the developer said they were good enough.

-Todd




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