[Ffmpeg-devel] [RFC] regression tests and options/license

[Michel Bardiaux]

Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:53:35AM +0200, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
>> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 07:10:03PM +0200, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I notice that currently there are some problems with regression tests
>>>> and GPL/LGPL (gxf muxer, libswscale) and it could be nice to also tests
>>>> features (mp3 muxing in flv if enabled, h264 muxing in mov/mp4, amr 
>>>> etc...)
>>>>
>>>> How that should be cleanly done ? Different ref files ? Any idea ?
>>> mp3, h264 and amr need external libraries which almost certainly will have
>>> different output in different versions so they cannot be part of any
>>> regression test
>>>
>>> about GPL vs. LGPL, id suggest simply requireing --config-gpl for the
>>> regression tests
>>>
>>> [...]
>> That would mean no regression tests for some parts of the code, such as 
>> the 'other' scaler. Not good.
> 
> the 'other' scaler will be droped, the c code of the swssaler will be made
> LGPL
> 

I'll hold you to that...

> [...]


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