Comment 0 for bug 939863

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote : When users run ffmpeg <whatever> they are presented with a message that is somewhat erroneous & completely childish

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

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)