upcoming ffmpeg transition

[Andreas Cadhalpun]

On 02.11.2015 00:57, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> On 1 November 2015 at 19:51, Andreas Cadhalpun
> <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> building:           30
>> simple changes:     61
>> complex changes:    21
>> ----------------------
>> total:             112
> 
> How did you come up with those numbers? Did you actually make a patch for each??

Yes, of course. That's the only way to get accurate numbers. ;)

>> I'll file bug reports for the affected packages with:
>> User: pkg-multimedia-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
>> Usertags: ffmpeg2.9
> 
> Do the required changes work already? IOW, if a patch is applied can
> it build with ffmpeg 2.8?

Yes, the only exception is, as always, taoframework with its hardcoded SONAMEs.

>> Additionally, there are five unrelated FTBFS bugs among the affected packages:
>> bino:      #802374
>> gazebo:    #797809
>> mrpt:      #803700
>> ovito:     #803701
>> pjproject: #793094
>>
>> It would be good if most of this was fixed, when the next ffmpeg
>> version gets released.
> 
> I'd use severity: important. When the release gets done, then the
> severity is bumped to serious.

I'll do it that way.

Best regards,
Andreas