[oe] [OE-core] RFC: libav vs. ffmpeg, redux

[akuster808]

On 07/09/2015 03:24 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A few years ago we made the switch from ffmpeg to libav (a mostly drop-in
> compatible fork), with fairly good justification at the time. However, it looks
> like Debian has just made the switch back to ffmpeg, citing a number of reasons
> - most notably more responsive security issue patching in recent history.
> Here's a page with their full reasoning:
>
>    https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/libav-provider/ffmpeg
>
> Gstreamer (gst-libav, specifically) has also just recently made the switch back
> for its internal copy:
>
>    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751607
>
> What do people think? Should we be looking to make the switch back in OE as
> well?
>

That make sense to me. Also libav has LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial" so 
the change which will simplify things too.

- armin

> Cheers,
> Paul
>