xine-lib: splitting off patented stuff

[Reinhard Tartler]

On 12/12/05, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi Sebastian!
>
> Sebastian Dröge [2005-12-11 15:14 +0100]:
> > I have to disagree in the case of ffmpeg. IMHO it's currently better to
> > ship a copy of ffmpeg with every package using it to always have a
> > working version with that package. Because of their API instabilities we
> > had enough problems in the past and already have one again with
> > transcode.
>
> Hm, does upstream know about this problem? Did somebody teach them
> what a SONAME is for?
>
> Static copies are a real pain; fixing a bug of a security vuln in
> ffmpeg would mean to update n packages, and, e. g. I don't even know
> *which* packages to change.

I tried to raise this discussion on their mailing list:
http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2005-December/005619.html
But the only answer I got was this one:
http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2005-December/005623.html

(well, there were in fact some more, but that one hits the nail on the top).

I think this is rather frustrating :(

--
regards,
    Reinhard