[vlc-devel] PATCH: librist based access and access_output modules

[Sergio M. Ammirata, Ph.D.]

I would like to revive this discussion. We just released
version 0.2.0 of the library with extended cross-platform
support and testing.
On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 17:27 -0400, Sergio M. Ammirata,
Ph.D. wrote:
> I also prefer removing the old one. The command lines and
> the config options are compatible between the old and
> new. We could add a copy of the new one compiled
> statically with the library with lower priority under
> linux and there would be no compatibility issue.
> 
> Sergio
> 
> On Tue, 2021-03-30 at 16:39 +0200, Thomas Guillem wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I asked Sergio to remove the old module mainly for
> > maintenance purpose (so that we won't have to debug 2
> > modules). I didn't think about the compatibility issue.
> > 
> > This will cause an issue mainly on Linux if the user or
> > the distribution doesn't have librist.
> > 
> > I'm OK for both choices, but I still prefer removing
> > the old one. What do you think?
> > 
> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, at 16:34, Sergio M. Ammirata,
> > Ph.D. wrote:
> > > Confirmed, you can safely ignore/skip the meson
> > > upgrade patch. 
> > > 
> > > Here is the pipeline test:
> > > 
https://code.videolan.org/sammirata/vlc/-/pipelines/83119
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Sergio
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 2021-03-30 at 09:03 -0400, Sergio M.
> > > Ammirata, Ph.D. wrote:
> > > > I can remove the requirement for the meson upgrade.
> > > > It is only needed when the internal mbedtls
> > > > subproject is used.
> > > > 
> > > > Sergio
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2021-03-30 at 15:52 +0300, Rémi Denis-
> > > > Courmont wrote:
> > > > > Le tiistaina 30. maaliskuuta 2021, 14.54.19 EEST
> > > > > Konstantin Pavlov a écrit :
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 01:04:49PM +0300, Rémi
> > > > > Denis-Courmont wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Le maanantaina 29. maaliskuuta 2021, 19.54.22
> > > > > EEST Sergio M. Ammirata,
> > > > > Ph.D. a> 
> > > > > écrit :
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hello Thomas,
> > > > > I have fixed every item using your and
> > > > > Alexandre's
> > > > > suggestions in the comments of the commits.
> > > > > Accordingly, I
> > > > > have prepared and attached the final 4 new
> > > > > patches.
> > > > > This time, I used this forked repo:
> > > > > https://code.videolan.org/rist/vlc/-/tree/librist
> > > > > 
> > > > > I don't think we can add *new* requirements for
> > > > > *existing* features within
> > > > > a *stable* release branch.
> > > > > 
> > > > > -1 on upgrading Meson
> > > > > 
> > > > > We do it regularly for meson and other tools to
> > > > > fix various issues, so not
> > > > > sure why it's a problem now.
> > > > > 
> > > > > It's fine in the unstable branch(es). But people
> > > > > should be able to keep a 
> > > > > stable build environment for the stable branch,
> > > > > and some actually do that.
> > > > > 
> > > > > We've had no shortage of regressions and build
> > > > > issues due to changing the 
> > > > > stable branch build environments.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > -1 on requiring a new library to support existing
> > > > > RIST use cases
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can we keep older modules with a lower priority
> > > > > instead of removing them?
> > > > > AFAICT it wouldnt be different to e.g. dav1d
> > > > > inclusion in around 3.0.5
> > > > > then.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I guess so.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > vlc-devel mailing list
> > > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:
> > > > https://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > vlc-devel mailing list
> > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:
> > > https://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
> > 
> > _______________________________________________vlc-
> > devel mailing listTo unsubscribe or modify your
> > subscription options:
> > https://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
> 
> _______________________________________________vlc-devel
> mailing listTo unsubscribe or modify your subscription
> options:https://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/attachments/20210512/6e093fd8/attachment.html>