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Date:      Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:57:21 +0200
From:      Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org>
To:        William Grzybowski <wg@freebsd.org>, Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Heads up audio/video/graphics/multimedia/net/streaming port maintainers - ACTION REQUIRED
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On 16 September 2014 21:08, William Grzybowski <wg@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> I have prepared a drop-in replacement for the ffmpeg port which uses
>>> the recent 2.4 release. You can download it from:
>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~riggs/ffmpeg-2.4.tar.xz
>>>
>>> Please check whether the ports maintained by you build and link with
>>> this version and prepare a suitable fix if necessary.
>>>
>>
>> Any reason why you can't create an 'ffmpeg24' port so it can go live
>> then people can create a a port option to turn on using the later
>> version - then when the ports are all updated you can just 'switch it to
>> the default'... that seems to be the way the ports tree has been handled
>> over the last year.
>
> Or create a ffmpeg23 port and switch all ports that cant handle ffmpeg
> 2.4 to that before it happens.
> Thats how I handled the ffmpeg 0.x -> ffmpeg 2.x transition. It was
> very smooth, all things considered :).

Given the fact that I still have ffmpeg0 installed, I'd say this
transition is not over :-)
Seriously, though, I am happy with pain-alleviating measures like
having a ffmpeg23 port for a short transition time.
What I want to avoid is that we all need to have 3 installations of
ffmpeg on the same machines for months or years and I think it's a
fair request to ask the maintainers to have a look sometime during the
next months.

Best regards
Riggs



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