ffmpeg vs libav: Please clarify the situation

Wed May 22 19:20:25 UTC 2013

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:54:25PM -0400, John Moser wrote:
>  - libav is garbage, full of hacks, loaded with massive security concerns,
> breaks things for existing users, and is only used by Ubuntu because it's
> in Debian and/or because some key Ubuntu/Debian developers are also libav
> developers.

Ubuntu follow Debian's lead unless there's a specific reason not to.
AIUI, in this case we do what Debian do. So perhaps a Debian mailing
list is the best place to discuss this?