[Buildroot] Patchwork oldest patches cleanup #4 (deadline January 5)

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

Hi Bogdan,

Sorry for the late reply...

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Bogdan Radulescu <bogdan at nimblex.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Regarding the http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/207431 patch.
> GStreamer switched from ffmpeg to libav a while ago and newer versions don't
> have the ffmpeg package.
> http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/gst-libav/0.11.90.html
> http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg-1.x-README.txt
>
> gst-ffmpeg was last updated almost two years ago.
>
> Even though irrelevant, the situation of ffmpeg and libav is explained here:
> http://blog.pkh.me/p/13-the-ffmpeg-libav-situation.html
>
> The patch was used in production so it's tested.
>
> I think it would be a step back if this patch is discarded.
>

Thanks a lot for your feedback. The info you gave is very interesting.
In fact, it's the type of information that would be suitable for the
commit message, as it gives the rationale for the switch.

Based on your feedback, I agree we shouldn't throw away this patch.
Would it be possible for you to rebase the patch based on latest
buildroot and resubmit? In the mean time some of the code changed, for
example the multimedia directory is removed now. If you have time, I
think this would be the fastest and best solution, as you are the
original author.

Awaiting your feedback, I'll already mark it as 'Delegated to me', so
that the patch is not forgotten.

Thanks,
Thomas