[MPlayer-cvslog] r34099 - in trunk/libass: ass.c ass.h ass_bitmap.c ass_bitmap.h ass_cache.c ass_cache.h ass_drawing.c ass_font.c ass_font.h ass_fontconfig.c ass_fontconfig.h ass_library.c ass_library.h ass_parse.c...

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:48:58PM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:55:39PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 06:45:03PM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 06:23:36PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 06:12:41PM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > > > > Yes, at some point we should get rid of included libs.
> > > > > However I don't see a good cost/benefit ratio here.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't see it either, but the other way around :)
> > > 
> > > Then say why.
> > 
> > In general embedding libraries is a thing of the past.  It just bloats
> > packages, adds maintenance burden and increases the time it takes to
> > compile.
> 
> I just can't see either to be relevant when it comes to libass.
> 
> > Furthermore, distros will remove embedded libs anyway and link against
> > their own versions.  This leads to users and devs running different
> > configurations and experiencing different kinds of bugs.  Not good.
> 
> That argument doesn't work out for me. Generally users and devs will
> run different distros and thus run different versions anyway.
> With the embedded version at least everyone compiling themselves
> has the same version.

We'll have to agree to disagree then.

> > > This is without calculating in the current Gentoo
> > > stable (and possibly others) issues and other issues users
> > > may encounter (like the vastly outdated sourceforge version
> > > that is still number 2 Google hit).
> > 
> > What exactly is the problem with Gentoo?  I think I can ping the
> > right people to get it fixed.
> 
> Note: I haven't tested properly. But libass stable AFAICT is 0.9.11,
> and freetype just had 2.4.6 made stable. Which is the crashing
> combination. Either freetype 2.4.6 needs to be made unstable or
> libass 0.9.13 stable.

So this is the bug we are talking about?

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377255

It seems to be making good progress, 0.9.13 is being moved to stable.

Diego