Re: ffmpeg on F-10

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.