Re: FFmpeg-8.0 Warning

On 9/23/25 10:31, Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via blfs-dev
Mailing List) wrote:
 > On 9/22/25 3:54 PM, "Douglas R. Reno" ([email protected]
 > via blfs-dev Mailing List) wrote:
 >> I would like to propose to everyone the idea of reverting back to
 >> ffmpeg-7.1 until at least Firefox is fixed.
 >
 > I am not convinced that we should roll back a package in the
 > *development* book.
 >
 > We already say on virtually every page: "Development versions of BLFS
 > may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies
 > have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the
 > books."
 >
 > It is good that the editors know about the problem, but we need the
 > newer version installed on development systems to test when dependent
 > packages are updated.

I have said this on other threads (or maybe just one), but some users
depend on the development books for one reason or another and treat it
as a stable+. Some users even see it as more stable than the actual
stable books. I think a goal we should have is to ensure most, if not
everything, works in the development books. Both to ensure that users
reading the dev books won't run into major hiccups and to save us
headaches when we do mass testing / tagging packages.

I think if this is the way we are going and will accept these issues in
the development books, I believe we should at least try to make it a
point of warning users on specific packages of certain issues that
exist as a result of the package version if it's known about, something
that the editors have experienced (not necessarily every bug and
regression known upstream as that would be too much a burden). Even a
very brief summary of issues on a given package and providing a link to
a more stable version would do a lot of good.

In the case of FFmpeg, it can go something like this:
[NOTE]
FFmpeg-&ffmpeg-version; at the moment causes issues with media playback
in Firefox. Consider using [LINK TO BLFS-12.3 FFmpeg] for a more stable
experience.

This would save a good amount of users a lot of trouble.

- Zeckma

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