Re: openjpeg / stretch
On 18/07/16 13:12, Alastair McKinstry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can we downgrade the move from openjpeg1.x to openjpeg2.x ? Still
> keeping it as a release goal, but RC-critical?
>
> I maintain (most of) the meteorology software, and the principal format
> for weather data is GRIB2, which uses openjpeg as its primary
> compression method. Until recently these all used jasper, with openjpeg
> a possibility for some. But now I need to write patches for openjpeg2
> and the APIs are significantly different, with the result of nearly all
> the met. software dropping out of testing.
>
> I am writing the patches, but would rather not see our users lose all
> functionality if we can't replace openjpeg1 by stretch.
I'd like to avoid shipping openjpeg 1 if at all possible, especially if we
manage to fix most rdeps. If you can't have the fixes in time for Stretch, an
option would be to backport them once Stretch is released.
Cheers,
Emilio
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