Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : mplayer Version : 1.1.1 Upstream Author : mplayer-dev-...@mplayerhq.hu * URL : http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : mplayer - Media Player
Well I guess not much description is needed here: mplayer and mencoder I never really understood why mplayer/mencoder have been uhm... "pushed" out of Debian by some people in the first place, since already back then mplayer2 which was praised as the replacement was dead upstream. In the meantime even the upstream homepage from mpalyer2 seems to be gone. mplayer's last release is als 16 months ago, but their svn shows at least some 700 commits in 2014... so their is at least some development going on. Back then I had the feeling mplayer was pushed out due to the libav vs. ffmpeg[0] issues but since now ffmpeg is back in Debian, mplayer/mencoder should probably return as well. While I have no real clue about the security status of mplayer 1 or 2, and while I guess much here actually depends on the security of libav respectively ffmpeg, one could use the return of mplayer to consider whether mplayer2 can be dropped, now that it should be really clear to everyone that it's dead. Cheers, Chris. [0] Personally I really don't care which of both should be the default. I think first priority should be which of them has better security records and if they're equal there, the one with more functionality should be the default. Apart from that, ffmpeg vs. libav has clearly shown that forking can also be a bad thing - the two communities should re-merge as well as their code. I personally would however keep the name libav, since I think it suits better then F(ast)F(orward)MPEG. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
