Bug#578500: ffmpeg depends on X related libraries

Fabian Greffrath greffrath at leat.rub.de
Mon Apr 26 07:35:32 UTC 2010


severity 578500 wishlist
thanks

Am 20.04.2010 12:21, schrieb Gilles Dartiguelongue:
> There are multiple ways of using ffmpeg without X so it would be nice to either
> have:
>    * a ffmpeg-nox package
>      * or a ffplay package (which seems to be the only util using X related
>      * libraries)

demoting severity to wishlist, as this is not really a bug.

Furthermore, I won't promise we consider your request, as the ffmpeg 
package as it is now is already very complex and any added complexity 
will do more harm than cure IMHO.

  - Fabian



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