Re: Bug#275324: flac: new upstream source available
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> severity 275324 wishlist
> thanks
>
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:20:43AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>
> > We have a problem. It seems that FLAC 1.1.1 is not exactly "just an
> > update":
> >
> > 1) It changed a lot of APIs (so we need a new soname for some of the libs)
> > (i.e. they changed some prototypes, and deleted a few)
> >
> > AND, the *BAD* thing:
> > 2) It changed the FLAC format in incompatible ways to what is
> > now the official version of the format (so we can't just "not upgrade")
> > for Ogg streams.
> >
> > I am upgrading this bug to RC, and will prepare a NMU with urgency medium
> > (but I will not upload it yet). Then we can contact the release team and see
> > what we can do.
> >
> > I don't think we can ship sarge with an outdated ogg FLAC file format!
>
> I don't think this is an issue for the sarge release, myself. I'd much
> rather have a well-tested 1.1.0 in sarge than try to force in 1.1.1 when it
> is obviously a major change.
I have read more on the ogg flac changes, and the differences are that the
old format (i.e. ogg flac files produced by 1.1.0) is:
1) unsupported
2) un-seekable
I was under the impression that the files would not be readable at all
(which would be RC IMHO). Apparently they are only severily crippled
(unseekable audio streams).
However, if this is not RC, then we are better off freezing FLAC at 1.1.0,
and shipping 1.1.1 only in sid.
Your call. We definately would have to change the soname, so it is a major
change indeed.
Other changes of note in 1.1.1:
ID3 tags are *gone*
Speed increase of 2x on PPC hardware with Altivec support
Do not use the same serial number on the streams of a multi-stream ogg
I need to know your final position on this, since there is a pending
timidity upload, and I will disable _ogg_ FLAC output if we are to ship with
1.1.0. Pure FLAC output will be retained, since the file format of that did
not change much.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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