On Monday, 08 November 2021 at 11:51, Andreas Schneider wrote: > On Monday, November 8, 2021 10:55:32 AM CET Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski > wrote: > > On Monday, 08 November 2021 at 10:12, Andreas Schneider wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > there are several packages in the distribution which require FFMPEG > > > (libavformat, libavcodec, etc.), one of them being chromium. The package > > > could > be created in a way that you can easily replace it with a version > > > from rpmfusion to get to the full encoder/decoder set including H264 etc. > > > > > > This is working fine with openSUSE and packages from Packman. > > > > > > https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/multimedia:libs/ffmpeg-4 > > > https://pmbs.links2linux.org/package/show/Essentials/A_tw-ffmpeg > > > > > > The Packman version always has a higher release version than the one in > > > the > distribution. > > > > > > I'm interested in this, as I try to package electron for Fedora. The big > > > problem is the included ffmpeg. With openSUSE I can just use the system > > > ffmpeg, with Fedora I have to do some source code voodoo which I really > > > would > like to avoid. > > > > > > Maintaining such package would require keeping watch for any new files > > you'd need to include and going through legal review each time you do. > > Did you take a look how they solved it at SUSE? Actually, yes. We cannot do the same as we cannot distribute the full upstream source. > You have list for encoder and decoders which are allowed to be built. So if a > new encoder or decoder would be added, it would just not be built. You will > just always end up with the same set of encoders/decoders with every update. Sometimes new dependencies get added to existing decoders/encoders which would require legal review. > Packman uses the exact same package as openSUSE and all it does it to enable > all encoders and decoders. > > All packages requiring ffmpeg can just always be built against the system > version. > > It should be less legal work, as you have to check just one package and not > several which might include it as third_party source code. Chromium was checked by legal. I'm not aware of any other Fedora packages bundling a subset of FFmpeg. > > IMO it's much less work to just maintain everything that depends on > > FFmpeg in RPM Fusion. > > > > If you're determined, however, you could start with what Chromium does: > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/chromium/blob/rawhide/f/clean_ffmpeg.sh > > How is it less work if you need to clean ffmpeg source codes in several > projects which include it instead of just linking the system one? It is more > prone to errors to remove sources and you have to track it instead of just > having a fixed decoder/encoder set you build. I agree it would be better to have one system package that others would link against but as with everything, it's not always possible. You're welcome to try. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPM Fusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
