Reinhard, would you mind nominating this bug? ** Description changed:
- As in "This program is not developed anymore and is only provided for compatibility. Use avconv instead .. - FFmpeg is certainly still being developed, why the need to provide a misleading message? If you can't speak the truth then don't at all. - Come on guys - grow up a little + The warning message from the ffmpeg program needs to be updated. It should instead say + "*** THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED ***\n" + "This program is only provided for compatibility " + "and will be removed in a future release. Please " + "use avconv instead.\n" - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 - Package: libav-tools 4:0.8-1ubuntu2 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic-pae 3.2.6 - Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686 - NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia - ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu1 - Architecture: i386 - Date: Thu Feb 23 17:03:58 2012 - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120220) - ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash - SourcePackage: libav - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + This is patched in Debian. See [1]. + + [Impact] - Users are seeing a different message everytime they run the + ffmpeg program. The original message is causing confusion amongst + general users of the ffmpeg who are not aware that the ffmpeg program + provided in Ubuntu is the ffmpeg program originally made available from + the Libav project. + + [Development Fix] - Message just needs to be updated. See [1]. Note that + the ffmpeg binary has been dropped completely in the development tree in + libav. + + [Stable Fix] - See [1]. + + [Test Case] - Just run the ffmpeg program. Running 'ffmpeg -L' is sufficient to see the warning. The original warning reads, + "This program is not developed anymore and is only " + "provided for compatibility. Use avconv instead " + "(see Changelog for the list of incompatible changes).\n" + The new warning should read, + "*** THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED ***\n" + "This program is only provided for compatibility " + "and will be removed in a future release. Please " + "use avconv instead.\n" + + [Regression Potential] - There's no potential regression. + + 1. http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg- + multimedia/libav.git;a=blob;f=debian/patches/04-ffmpeg-warning- + change.patch;h=0472d450a743ff0b3918c80e91da16d4c4b35d2b;hb=HEAD ** Also affects: libav Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: libav Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/939863 Title: Warning message from ffmpeg program needs update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libav/+bug/939863/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
