[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] vvcdec: Mark as experimental

Kieran Kunhya kierank at obe.tv
Thu Feb 8 20:16:19 EET 2024


On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 at 06:01, Nuo Mi <nuomi2021 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 6:55 AM Kieran Kunhya <kierank at obe.tv> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 22:06, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 10:13 PM Kieran Kunhya <kierank at obe.tv> wrote:
> > >
> > > > $subj
> > > >
> > > > As discussed at FOSDEM.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Author of this patch above is forced to FUZZ this decoder until
> > > experimental flag is removed.
> > >
> >
> > Sure, I will set some fuzzers up over the weekend.
> >
> Better add something here
> https://ffmpeg.org/developer.html#New-codecs-or-formats-checklist to
> explain to people what kind of new codecs should be treated as experimental
> and how they can graduate from experimental status.
>

Hi Nuo,

Sure, this isn't saying your incredible work is bad. It's just the reality
that a complex codec needs to be fuzzed heavily otherwise the security
community will report FFmpeg 7.0 has a ton of security issues.

Regards,
Kieran Kunhya


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