[oe] [OE-core] proposal: let's move oe-core to ffmpeg (from libav)

[Burton, Ross]

[CC'ing oe-devel]

On 21 January 2016 at 15:14, Alexander Kanavin <
alexander.kanavin at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> let's replace libav with ffmpeg in oe-core. The reasons are:
>
> - all of the major distributions are using ffmpeg now (the last holdout
> was Debian, and they switched to ffmpeg in summer 2015 after a long
> discussion and deliberation [1][2])
> - ffmpeg is much more responsive to security issues
> - ffmpeg does regular releases, while libav hasn't had one since spring
> 2015
> - other reasons listed in [2]
>
> [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/650816/
> [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/libav-provider/ffmpeg
>
> Objections, thoughts?
>

Sounds sensible to me.  However we're a week away from M2 deadline so I'm
not sure we'll be able to have a consensus and get patches before that
unless someone is incredibly motivated.

Ross