GNU bug report logs - #77675
[PATCH 0/2] Remove libvideogfx and ffmpeg-2.8

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Remove libvideogfx and ffmpeg-2.8
Date: Wed,  9 Apr 2025 11:28:52 +0200

I suggest to remove libvideogfx and ffmpeg-2.8 on or after May 9.


Andreas Enge (2):
  gnu: Remove libvideogfx.
  gnu: Remove ffmpeg-2.8.

 gnu/packages/video.scm | 84 ------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 84 deletions(-)


base-commit: 90357c6090de8c6befec232996dbc7415112a081
-- 
2.49.0

Message #8 received at 77675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: 77675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: rg <at> raghavgururajan.name, Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>, ngraves <at> ngraves.fr
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Remove libvideogfx.
Date: Wed,  9 Apr 2025 11:38:19 +0200

This is a library without dependent packages, which has seen its latest
release in 2014. It has a very outdated ffmpeg version as input.

* gnu/packages/video.scm (libvideogfx): Delete variable.

Change-Id: I3303310558e6959047d17f93cf2a9c3272b663ed
---
 gnu/packages/video.scm | 41 -----------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 9f18f4dcc2..b0e10576b7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -657,47 +657,6 @@ (define-public libmms
     (home-page "https://sourceforge.net/projects/libmms/")
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
-(define-public libvideogfx
-  (package
-    (name "libvideogfx")
-    (version "1.0.9")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method git-fetch)
-       (uri
-        (git-reference
-         (url "https://github.com/farindk/libvideogfx")
-         (commit (string-append "v" version))))
-       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "154b0j8cfg879pg08xcbwvbz8z9nrfnyj31i48vxir1psas70ynq"))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'fix-build-errors
-           (lambda _
-             (substitute* "libvideogfx/graphics/fileio/ffmpeg.cc"
-               (("av_close_input_file\\(")
-                "avformat_close_input(&"))
-             (substitute* "libvideogfx/graphics/fileio/png.cc"
-               (("is != NULL") "is.good()"))
-             #t)))))
-    (native-inputs
-     (list autoconf automake libtool pkg-config))
-    (inputs
-     `(("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-2.8)
-       ("jpeg" ,libjpeg-turbo)
-       ("png" ,libpng)
-       ("x11" ,libx11)
-       ("xext" ,libxext)))
-    (synopsis "Video processing library")
-    (description "LibVideoGfx is a C++ library for low-level video processing.
-It aims at speeding up the development process for image and video processing
-applications by providing high-level classes for commonly required tasks.")
-    (home-page "https://dirk-farin.net/software/libvideogfx/index.html")
-    (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
-
 (define-public libde265
   (package
     (name "libde265")

base-commit: 90357c6090de8c6befec232996dbc7415112a081
-- 
2.49.0

Message #11 received at 77675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: 77675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: rg <at> raghavgururajan.name, Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>, ngraves <at> ngraves.fr
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Remove ffmpeg-2.8.
Date: Wed,  9 Apr 2025 11:38:20 +0200

Version 3.0 of ffmpeg was released in 2016. After the removal of
libvideogfx, this ffmpeg version is a leaf package.

* gnu/packages/video.scm (ffmpeg-2.8): Delete variable.

Change-Id: I00b245cb908c83e3ff45dcbbc9273eb0b0faf9fd
---
 gnu/packages/video.scm | 51 ------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index b0e10576b7..428a7d62fa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1922,57 +1922,6 @@ (define-public ffmpeg-3.4
     (inputs (modify-inputs (package-inputs ffmpeg-4)
               (delete "dav1d" "libaom" "rav1e" "srt")))))
 
-(define-public ffmpeg-2.8
-  (package
-    (inherit ffmpeg-3.4)
-    (version "2.8.22")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-"
-                                  version ".tar.xz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0c8m4hhv2k5fybha908wzrpnf3wqkq52hayl658jq4bah0igdfqz"))
-              (patches (search-patches "ffmpeg-4-binutils-2.41.patch"))))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:tests? #f               ; XXX: Enable them later, if required
-       #:configure-flags
-       (list
-        "--disable-static"
-        "--enable-shared"
-        "--extra-cflags=-DFF_API_OLD_ENCODE_VIDEO -DFF_API_OLD_ENCODE_AUDIO")
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (replace 'configure
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs configure-flags #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-               (substitute* "configure"
-                 (("#! /bin/sh") (string-append "#!" (which "sh"))))
-                ;; configure does not work followed by "SHELL=..." and
-                ;; "CONFIG_SHELL=..."; set environment variables instead.
-               (setenv "SHELL" (which "bash"))
-               (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (which "bash"))
-               (apply invoke
-                      "./configure"
-                      (string-append "--prefix=" out)
-                      ;; Add $libdir to the RUNPATH of all the binaries.
-                      (string-append "--extra-ldflags=-Wl,-rpath="
-                                     out "/lib")
-                      configure-flags))))
-         (add-before
-             'check 'set-ld-library-path
-           (lambda _
-             ;; Allow $(top_builddir)/ffmpeg to find its dependencies when
-             ;; running tests.
-             (let* ((dso  (find-files "." "\\.so$"))
-                    (path (string-join (map dirname dso) ":")))
-               (format #t "setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to ~s~%" path)
-               (setenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" path)))))))
-    ;; FFmpeg 2.8 does support libwebp, but we don't enable it while configuring
-    ;; the build, and we'd rather not add features to this old package anymore.
-    (inputs (modify-inputs (package-inputs ffmpeg-3.4)
-              (delete "libwebp")))))
-
 (define-public ffmpeg-for-stepmania
   (hidden-package
    (package
-- 
2.49.0

Message #16 received at 77675-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: 77675-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Remove ffmpeg-2.8.
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 19:39:26 +0200

Pushed.

Andreas

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