Why Debian returned to FFmpeg

Posted Jul 21, 2015 20:35 UTC (Tue) by flussence (guest, #85566)
In reply to: Why Debian returned to FFmpeg by KotH
Parent article: Why Debian returned to FFmpeg

>Even though ffmpeg largely depends on libav for development, ffmpeg has been always badmouthing libav in all kinds of ways. From "they don't fix security issues" to plain old "their code is shit".

Do you have any citations to back that up? Because I've seen libav doing an order of magnitude more smearing, up to and including sending fraudulent legal threats over the logo, claiming ffmpeg "steals" code, distributing a fake ffmpeg scareware binary, posts like yours, and so on.

Regarding security, libav makes regular appearances on the security updates page on this site - often for ffmpeg CVEs dated 3-4 years ago. The opposite has never occurred.

Why Debian returned to FFmpeg

Posted Jul 29, 2015 13:54 UTC (Wed) by lu_zero (guest, #72556) [Link] (3 responses)

Please provide links to corroborate your statement.

Nobody in Libav ever discussed FFmpeg beside me on here

https://blogs.gentoo.org/lu_zero/2015/02/20/demotivation-...

Let alone "smear".

On the other side, at least few of the the new people contributing to Libav got quite interesting emails from Michael Niedermayer and Carl Eugen Hoyos. (I can say few since they did ask me what the hell was it about, I have no way to know if ALL the new contributors got this kind of interesting service).

Why Debian returned to FFmpeg

Posted Jul 30, 2015 18:02 UTC (Thu) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link] (2 responses)

Sure, here's one: https://lwn.net/Articles/652736/

FFmpeg has been professionally silent on public forums. Your side would do well to learn from their example.

Why Debian returned to FFmpeg

Posted Jul 31, 2015 20:46 UTC (Fri) by lu_zero (guest, #72556) [Link] (1 responses)

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/13... professionally.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/17... silent.

Why Debian returned to FFmpeg

Posted Aug 1, 2015 17:56 UTC (Sat) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link]

I'm sure I could go rooting through 4 years of your own project's mailing lists and blogs to dig up similar dirt if I were so inclined.

The point is I don't have to.