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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo development <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Cc: media-video@g.o, Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] profiles/targets/desktop: disable USE=xvid by default
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:25:53
Message-Id: CAEdQ38Fd186hiVgpJhoNHMnfrF4LYfgQ=CRDJQ=G4OQ_tCCprg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] profiles/targets/desktop: disable USE=xvid by default by Georgy Yakovlev
1 On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 9:45 PM Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > it's an ancient codec that is barely used nowadays
4 > so let's disable it by default.
5 > Users are free to re-enable if required.
6 >
7 > Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/831044
8
9 Heh, looks like you want to leave it disabled by default because it
10 fails to compile on arm? :)
11
12 I don't have a preference. I would note that a few packages depend on
13 it being enabled in ffmpeg:
14
15 media-gfx/blender
16 media-libs/libopenshot
17 media-plugins/mythplugins

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