ubuntu-restricted-extras does not recommend ffmpeg stripped libraries on AMD64

[Joshua Turner]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-restricted-extras

Conspicuously absent from the "recommends" list for restricted-extras are the full set of unstripped ffmpeg libraries and dependencies for doing things like encoding MP4 files and similar operations.

I would expect that restricted-extras would pull in all of these libraries, not just libavcodec.

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

ubuntu-restricted-extras:
  Installed: 25
  Candidate: 25
  Version table:
 *** 25 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache show ubuntu-restricted-extras
Package: ubuntu-restricted-extras
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/metapackages
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Michael Vogt <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 25
Recommends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly, gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse, msttcorefonts, flashplugin-nonfree, icedtea6-plugin, unrar, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse, gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, libavcodec-unstripped-51, libmp3lame0, libdvdread3, sun-java6-jre
Filename: pool/multiverse/u/ubuntu-restricted-extras/ubuntu-restricted-extras_25_amd64.deb
Size: 4504
MD5sum: af689e7235d022b608222ea4eea61a4c
SHA1: 5f8011460ba9ee1eb729a0e3efc9fd9e706693bf
SHA256: 9cd25b696463758f9eb21a38721fe0ce8b2d1c5bf87f785da3bf1f256dad3c39
Description: Commonly used restricted packages
 This package depends on some commonly used packages in the Ubuntu
 multiverse repository.
 .
 Installing this package will pull in support for MP3 playback and decoding,
 support for various other audio formats (gstreamer plugins), Microsoft fonts,
 Java runtime environment, Flash plugin, LAME (to create compressed audio
 files), and DVD playback.
 .
 Please note that this does not install libdvdcss2, and will not let you play
 encrypted DVDs. For more information, see
 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs.
 .
 Please also note that packages from multiverse are restricted by copyright
 or legal issues in some countries. See
 http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing
 for more information.
Bugs: mailto:<email address hidden>
Origin: Ubuntu

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

Which ones in particular would be most useful?

[No (11111nonononono-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[No (11111nonononono-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!