From: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>, 65668@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Raghav Gururajan <rg@raghavgururajan.name>
Subject: [bug#65668] [PATCH] gnu: gst-plugins-bad: Remove the svt-hevc input.
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 06:21:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4fa4754ecb68e0e9d7bc72c44229bcc404a5525a.camel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3e0b2b90b037404da7bf9be8932f9b0d69c1a39a.1693537692.git.maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Am Donnerstag, dem 31.08.2023 um 23:08 -0400 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
> * gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm (gst-plugins-bad)
> [inputs]: Remove svt-hevc; add comment.
> ---
> gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
> index 86886c025f..f38d2157bd 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
> @@ -849,7 +849,9 @@ (define-public gst-plugins-bad
> (inputs
> (append
> (if (target-x86?) (list mediasdk) '())
> - (if (target-x86-64?) (list svt-hevc) '())
> + ;; Note: svt-hevc cannot be used, as it would break the
> package for
> + ;; older x86_64 CPUs such as Core 2 Duo that lack AVX2 (see:
> + ;;
> https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-HEVC/issues/573#issuecomment-680678144
> ).
> (list bluez
> bzip2
> cairo
I think you should put that comment above the commented existing line
rather than deleting it outright. We should also look into building
svt-hevc without those CPU extensions; perhaps using tuning instead.
The comment could itself be shortened to
svt-hevc is broken on older x86_64 CPUs [such as…]
see also <URL>
but you do you in terms of phrasing :)
Cheers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-01 4:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-01 3:08 [bug#65668] [PATCH] gnu: gst-plugins-bad: Remove the svt-hevc input Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-01 4:21 ` Liliana Marie Prikler [this message]
2023-09-02 1:51 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-02 4:59 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-09-03 14:49 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-06 3:47 ` bug#65668: " Maxim Cournoyer
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