r1150 - in /experimental/ffmpeg/debian: README.Debian changelog

[siretart at users.alioth.debian.org]

Author: siretart
Date: Sun Apr 20 06:42:33 2008
New Revision: 1150

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-multimedia/?sc=1&rev=1150
Log:
Add some notes about the removed mpeg encoders (Closes: #440702)

Modified:
    experimental/ffmpeg/debian/README.Debian
    experimental/ffmpeg/debian/changelog

Modified: experimental/ffmpeg/debian/README.Debian
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-multimedia/experimental/ffmpeg/debian/README.Debian?rev=1150&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- experimental/ffmpeg/debian/README.Debian (original)
+++ experimental/ffmpeg/debian/README.Debian Sun Apr 20 06:42:33 2008
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+Disabled MPEG encoders
+======================
+
+On Debconf 7, the ffmpeg maintainers had a conversation with James Troup
+from the ftpteam about mpeg encoders in the ffmpeg package. The ftpteam
+was pretty surprised about the accepted encoders, and admitted that they
+were accepted by accident. We therefore had no choice but removing
+them. We agreed on a plan that rather disables than removes the
+encoders, for details see debian/strip.sh, rendering those encoders
+unusable.
+
+In order to make this fact visible, the source package was renamed from
+ffmpeg to ffmpeg-free. The plan is to provide a source package called
+'ffmpeg' (without the -free) suffix, which builds drop-in replacement
+binary package with the mpeg encoders enabled. Ideally, we would be
+allowed to include those mpeg encoders enabled in non-free, but we
+haven't heared back from the ftpteam about that idea.
+
+ -- Reinhard Tartler <siretart at tauware.de>, Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:43:23 +0200
+
+
 Notes for the Debian ffmpeg packages
 ====================================
 

Modified: experimental/ffmpeg/debian/changelog
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-multimedia/experimental/ffmpeg/debian/changelog?rev=1150&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- experimental/ffmpeg/debian/changelog (original)
+++ experimental/ffmpeg/debian/changelog Sun Apr 20 06:42:33 2008
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     (Closes: #470484)
   * Reenable 020_fix_libswscale_pic_code, fixes FTBFS on amd64.
   * Reenable altivec, fixes FTBFS on powerpc.
+  * Add some notes about the removed mpeg encoders (Closes: #440702)
 
  -- Reinhard Tartler <siretart at tauware.de>  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:02:24 +0200