ffmpeg status?

[Loïc Minier]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> I've been initially arguing (and this is long ago) against a renamed 
> source package but for a source called ffmpeg and a suffix to the 
> version number to reflect the Debian-specific manipulation to the 
> source - just as you proposed it.
> 
> I am still in favour of this alternative but I thought this would be 
> impossible (1) because of upstream and ftp-master concerns to call it 
> plain 'ffmpeg' and (2) because of the chance to upload an unstripped 
> ffmpeg to non-free which would need another source name anyway.

 Interesting!  If upstream and ftpmasters have expressed the wish to not
 use the name "ffmpeg" for the source, I don't mind bowing to their
 preferences.

 Using the source package name "ffmpeg" for non-free is a very appealing
 use case for using a different name for the one going to main, I agree.
 Fortunately, non-free "isn't debian", so the discussion on the suffix
 holds true :)

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Loïc Minier