[gentoo-dev] Inconsistent flag name in some packages? webm and vpx speifically

[gentoo-dev] Inconsistent flag name in some packages? webm and vpx speifically

[Paweł Rumian]

Hello,

I've been directed here from the bugzilla:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410585
I will copy my bug report from there, so no need to click :)

Currently there are two different flags which pull the same
library (media-libs/libvpx) for the same purpose.

vpx : Enables vp8 codec support using libvpx, required to play some
HTML5 videos

webm: Use system media-libs/libvpx for HTML5 WebM video
support.

Generally webm is somewhat wider term than vp8 (see e.g. here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebM), but in all ebuilds I have checked
webm USE flag just pulls the vp8 implementation library - libvpx.

I am not 100% sure, but to me it seems like webm and vpx USE flags
should be unified.

$ equery hasuse -p vpx
* Searching for USE flag vpx ...
[-P-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r6:0.10
[IP-] [  ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r7:0.10
[-P-] [  ] media-video/avidemux-2.5.6-r1:2
[-P-] [  ] media-video/ffmpeg-0.7.8:0
[-P-] [  ] media-video/ffmpeg-0.10:0
[IP-] [  ] media-video/ffmpeg-0.10.2:0
[-P-] [ -] media-video/ffmpeg-9999:0
[-P-] [  ] media-video/libav-0.6.5:0
[-P-] [  ] media-video/libav-0.7.4:0
[-P-] [ -] media-video/libav-0.7.9999:0
[-P-] [  ] media-video/libav-0.8:0
[-P-] [  ] media-video/libav-0.8.1:0
[-P-] [ -] media-video/libav-0.8.9999:0
[-P-] [ -] media-video/libav-9999:0
[-P-] [  ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc4_p20110322-r1:0

$ equery hasuse -p webm
* Searching for USE flag webm ...
[-P-] [  ] mail-client/thunderbird-8.0-r1:0
[-P-] [  ] mail-client/thunderbird-9.0:0
[-P-] [  ] mail-client/thunderbird-10.0:0
[-P-] [  ] mail-client/thunderbird-10.0.1:0
[-P-] [  ] mail-client/thunderbird-10.0.1-r1:0
[-P-] [  ] mail-client/thunderbird-10.0.3:0
[-P-] [  ] mail-client/thunderbird-11.0.1:0
[-P-] [  ] net-libs/xulrunner-2.0.1-r1:1.9
[-P-] [  ] www-client/firefox-8.0:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/firefox-9.0:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/firefox-10.0:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/firefox-10.0.1:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/firefox-10.0.1-r1:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/firefox-10.0.3:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/firefox-11.0-r1:0
[-P-] [M ] www-client/icecat-10.0-r1:0
[-P-] [M ] www-client/icecat-10.0-r2:0
[-P-] [ -] www-client/seamonkey-2.4.1-r1:0
[-P-] [ -] www-client/seamonkey-2.7.1:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/seamonkey-2.7.1-r1:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/seamonkey-2.8:0
[-P-] [  ] www-client/seamonkey-2.8-r1:0

best regards,
Paweł Rumian

Re: [gentoo-dev] Inconsistent flag name in some packages? webm and vpx speifically

[Markos Chandras]

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On 04/03/2012 05:33 PM, Paweł Rumian wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been directed here from the bugzilla: 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410585 I will copy my bug
> report from there, so no need to click :)
> 
> Currently there are two different flags which pull the same library
> (media-libs/libvpx) for the same purpose.
> 
> vpx : Enables vp8 codec support using libvpx, required to play
> some HTML5 videos
> 
> webm: Use system media-libs/libvpx for HTML5 WebM video support.
> 
> Generally webm is somewhat wider term than vp8 (see e.g. here: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebM), but in all ebuilds I have
> checked webm USE flag just pulls the vp8 implementation library -
> libvpx.
> 
> I am not 100% sure, but to me it seems like webm and vpx USE flags 
> should be unified.
> 
> $ equery hasuse -p vpx * Searching for USE flag vpx ... [-P-] [  ]
> media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r6:0.10 [IP-] [  ]
> media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r7:0.10 [-P-] [  ]
> media-video/avidemux-2.5.6-r1:2 [-P-] [  ]
> media-video/ffmpeg-0.7.8:0 [-P-] [  ] media-video/ffmpeg-0.10:0 
> [IP-] [  ] media-video/ffmpeg-0.10.2:0 [-P-] [ -]
> media-video/ffmpeg-9999:0 [-P-] [  ] media-video/libav-0.6.5:0 
> [-P-] [  ] media-video/libav-0.7.4:0 [-P-] [ -]
> media-video/libav-0.7.9999:0 [-P-] [  ] media-video/libav-0.8:0 
> [-P-] [  ] media-video/libav-0.8.1:0 [-P-] [ -]
> media-video/libav-0.8.9999:0 [-P-] [ -] media-video/libav-9999:0 
> [-P-] [  ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc4_p20110322-r1:0
> 
> $ equery hasuse -p webm * Searching for USE flag webm ... [-P-] [
> ] mail-client/thunderbird-8.0-r1:0 [-P-] [  ]
> mail-client/thunderbird-9.0:0 [-P-] [  ]
> mail-client/thunderbird-10.0:0 [-P-] [  ]
> mail-client/thunderbird-10.0.1:0 [-P-] [  ]
> mail-client/thunderbird-10.0.1-r1:0 [-P-] [  ]
> mail-client/thunderbird-10.0.3:0 [-P-] [  ]
> mail-client/thunderbird-11.0.1:0 [-P-] [  ]
> net-libs/xulrunner-2.0.1-r1:1.9 [-P-] [  ]
> www-client/firefox-8.0:0 [-P-] [  ] www-client/firefox-9.0:0 [-P-]
> [  ] www-client/firefox-10.0:0 [-P-] [  ]
> www-client/firefox-10.0.1:0 [-P-] [  ]
> www-client/firefox-10.0.1-r1:0 [-P-] [  ]
> www-client/firefox-10.0.3:0 [-P-] [  ]
> www-client/firefox-11.0-r1:0 [-P-] [M ]
> www-client/icecat-10.0-r1:0 [-P-] [M ] www-client/icecat-10.0-r2:0 
> [-P-] [ -] www-client/seamonkey-2.4.1-r1:0 [-P-] [ -]
> www-client/seamonkey-2.7.1:0 [-P-] [  ]
> www-client/seamonkey-2.7.1-r1:0 [-P-] [  ]
> www-client/seamonkey-2.8:0 [-P-] [  ]
> www-client/seamonkey-2.8-r1:0
> 
> best regards, Paweł Rumian
> 
Hi,

Thank you for your report. Yes this looks like an issue. If I had to
choose I'd pick 'vpx' but it seems to me that media-video@ and
mozilla@ teams needs to reach consensus.

- -- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Inconsistent flag name in some packages? webm and vpx speifically

[Paweł Rumian]

Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>:

> Thank you for your report. Yes this looks like an issue. If I had to
> choose I'd pick 'vpx' but it seems to me that media-video@ and
> mozilla@ teams needs to reach consensus.

Should I poke them in any way? Reopen and assign the bug to them?

BR,
Paweł Rumian

Re: [gentoo-dev] Inconsistent flag name in some packages? webm and vpx speifically

[Aaron W. Swenson]

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On 04/07/2012 07:52 AM, Paweł Rumian wrote:
> Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>:
> 
>> Thank you for your report. Yes this looks like an issue. If I had
>> to choose I'd pick 'vpx' but it seems to me that media-video@
>> and mozilla@ teams needs to reach consensus.
> 
> Should I poke them in any way? Reopen and assign the bug to them?
> 
> BR, Paweł Rumian
> 
Yes. Yes.

I'd vote that the flag name should be 'webm' as that's more readily
recognizable than 'vpx'.
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