On Wed, 2022-01-12 at 20:25 -0500, Matt Turner wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 9:45 PM Georgy Yakovlev > <gyakov...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > it's an ancient codec that is barely used nowadays > > so let's disable it by default. > > Users are free to re-enable if required. > > > > Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/831044 > > Heh, looks like you want to leave it disabled by default because it > fails to compile on arm? :) > > I don't have a preference. I would note that a few packages depend on > it being enabled in ffmpeg: > > media-gfx/blender > media-libs/libopenshot > media-plugins/mythplugins Thanks for actually checking it =)
I'm not on a crusade to disable it, just thought it's a sensible thing to do in 2022. I've opened a bug and asked maintainers for those packages to double- check if possible. My initial investigation (very brief) showed that it might be a catch- all dep or simply a historical dep that never got re-verified. https://bugs.gentoo.org/831211
