ffmpeg on F-10

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 20.05.2009 19:31, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
> $ rpm -q ffmpeg
> ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.55.20080908.fc10.x86_64
>
> This is a rather old version. Considering the EOL of F-10 is Jan 2010,
> and at that time this ffmpeg version will be 16 months old...
>
> I know that important bugfixes are being backported but still, there
> are still annoying ffmpeg bugs:
>
> https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=213
> https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359
> https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527#c73
>
> The first bug report above is over 5 months old. Still, no action is
> taken. People using F-11 report that they don't have these problems.
>
> What is the cost of updating ffmpeg on F-10?

Note that Dominik once considered to update ffmpeg
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.rpmfusion.devel/3195/

But he afaics got distracted. But part of the question are answered in 
that thread (see my reply there). In short: everything imho must me 
properly prepared and tested before it's committed, to make sure its a 
smart and painless move for everyone involved.

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CU
knurd