From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from conssluserg-06.nifty.com (conssluserg-06.nifty.com [210.131.2.91]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15633385B52E for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2023 12:23:30 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 15633385B52E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=nifty.ne.jp Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=nifty.ne.jp Received: from HP-Z230 (aj135041.dynamic.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp [220.150.135.41]) (authenticated) by conssluserg-06.nifty.com with ESMTP id 316CN1Gw003338 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2023 21:23:01 +0900 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 conssluserg-06.nifty.com 316CN1Gw003338 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nifty.ne.jp; s=dec2015msa; t=1675686181; bh=k978EAVJsQgkPhiFYNTK54dOCo8z38aI7b3zCjJAdyM=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=0gM6vYMtWL35OyHNqKN9Z+qUoxInRY4dO2Xdj0/xQFdZYyTJC7eTQSThycRafl8ng p4r/oyQxhR5jIfgCKKxIdPVZ+8oX3w0DkYg3XapkZcWWmI/MqDYIg8dFtPvC/VQv7G FuIbnCcZ2rGy6h2T28yQcfV/LfF6dpLbXo4x6LSJHufDR2mp5/g5Yc5EQaZbqWVuyu oBjtKC88Vrsez/1JggOa7l+EkKxd4W2kHVFqL8KBWrIHe4xhgh35cJ1tjTWHQQ8mJl OWHRcJlhwWDUMa3k1Oxf85AypQdyPnkk9kSG6wthSfyIs8qrFloiRb99JCl2joHOoi dXYrvZY+YotKg== X-Nifty-SrcIP: [220.150.135.41] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 21:23:01 +0900 From: Takashi Yano To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [WITHDRAW] Re: [ITP] x264 (0.164.3095) Message-Id: <20230206212301.7ac326a0234d0a9f58c38c02@nifty.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <4ae8c71c-a3eb-af95-9bfc-23b8ac7a4ca6@Shaw.ca> References: <20230120193544.072371cb51641093b1969509@nifty.ne.jp> <20230205173945.53b32326b8e668342d053ead@nifty.ne.jp> <4ae8c71c-a3eb-af95-9bfc-23b8ac7a4ca6@Shaw.ca> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: 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