Select provider of libav* libraries

Andreas Cadhalpun andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com
Sat May 9 14:00:49 UTC 2015


Hi Alessio,

On 09.05.2015 15:46, Alessio Treglia wrote:
> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Andreas Cadhalpun
> <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> It seemed like a clear consensus, since no further discussion happened.
>> I hadn't expected that Reinhard was unaware of the discussion.
> 
> Alright, let me fix this then by changing my mind on the subject (and
> giving us more time to debate):
> 
>    I vote for libav to stay until very compelling reasons to switch
>    to ffmpeg are provided.

What would you count as very compelling reasons if more features, less bugs
and better security support are not sufficient?

> There is no room for statements like "clear consensus" now - by definition.
> 
> Once again: please do not push people to make rushed decisions. There
> is no need to rush at all.

There is no rush. It has already taken more than a year.

Best regards,
Andreas



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