[ITP] x264 (0.164.3095)

[ITP] x264 (0.164.3095)

[Takashi Yano]

I would like to propose new package x264, which is
a H264 video codec library. This is needed by ffmpeg
package I have proposed at the same time. I guess
this package will not used by other packages than
ffmpeg, so only the static library is provided by
this package.

I already prepared the package at the following
location.

https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/x264/

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Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>

[WITHDRAW] Re: [ITP] x264 (0.164.3095)

[Takashi Yano]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:35:44 +0900
Takashi Yano wrote:
> I would like to propose new package x264, which is
> a H264 video codec library. This is needed by ffmpeg
> package I have proposed at the same time. I guess
> this package will not used by other packages than
> ffmpeg, so only the static library is provided by
> this package.
> 
> I already prepared the package at the following
> location.
> 
> https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/x264/

I would like to withdraw this ITP because it does not
seem to align cygwin package policy. This package is
not ported for fedora due to some reasons.
https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html#submitting

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>

Re: [WITHDRAW] Re: [ITP] x264 (0.164.3095)

[Brian Inglis]

On 2023-02-05 01:39, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:35:44 +0900, Takashi Yano wrote:
>> I would like to propose new package x264, which is
>> a H264 video codec library. This is needed by ffmpeg
>> package I have proposed at the same time. I guess
>> this package will not used by other packages than
>> ffmpeg, so only the static library is provided by
>> this package.
>> I already prepared the package at the following
>> location.
>> https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/x264/

> I would like to withdraw this ITP because it does not
> seem to align cygwin package policy. This package is
> not ported for fedora due to some reasons.
> https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html#submitting

These packages are now GPL and available from Debian main repo, *BSD ports, 
OpenSuSE, and Slack, so maybe there used to be issues with non-relocatable 
non-PIC assembler code, patents that expired/lapsed, VideoLan, or alternative 
commercial licensing, for example no commercial use restrictions?
Many codecs like these can be installed on Fedora, etc. from RPMfusion repos.

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Re: [WITHDRAW] Re: [ITP] x264 (0.164.3095)

[Takashi Yano]

On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 10:19:20 -0700
Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2023-02-05 01:39, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:35:44 +0900, Takashi Yano wrote:
> >> I would like to propose new package x264, which is
> >> a H264 video codec library. This is needed by ffmpeg
> >> package I have proposed at the same time. I guess
> >> this package will not used by other packages than
> >> ffmpeg, so only the static library is provided by
> >> this package.
> >> I already prepared the package at the following
> >> location.
> >> https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/x264/
> 
> > I would like to withdraw this ITP because it does not
> > seem to align cygwin package policy. This package is
> > not ported for fedora due to some reasons.
> > https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html#submitting
> 
> These packages are now GPL and available from Debian main repo, *BSD ports, 
> OpenSuSE, and Slack, so maybe there used to be issues with non-relocatable 
> non-PIC assembler code, patents that expired/lapsed, VideoLan, or alternative 
> commercial licensing, for example no commercial use restrictions?
> Many codecs like these can be installed on Fedora, etc. from RPMfusion repos.

Thanks. I am not sure what is the exact reason, however,
fedora explicitly excludes x264, x265 library from ffmpeg-free
package.
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ffmpeg/blob/rawhide/f/ffmpeg.spec
So, I am afraid these cannot be distributed also as cygwin packages.

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>