[Ffmpeg-devel] Makefile consolidation

[Jan Knutar]

On Wednesday 15 February 2006 10:36, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:

> >> Or the static ones.  I can't see why it would be an advantage to
> >> build ffmpeg from inside the mplayer tree.
> >
> > Convenience.  We spare people having to download, compile and
> > install FFmpeg.  xine does more or less the same thing, but they
> > import snapshots into their repo..
> 
> Oh yes, the ever annoying users.

Let's not forget the "Stable API" cries ;-)