FS#42556 - [libx264] What criteria are you using to select a commit for release?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by John (graysky) - Saturday, 25 October 2014, 20:18 GMT
Last edited by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:48 GMT
Task Type Support Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
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Details

Just curious what criteria you are using to select a git commit to use for the package. For example, if I look in the upstream precompiled bins of the software[1], the latest version they are offer is commit dd79a61e0e35 but our package is an older commit (021c0dc6c95c). Thanks for any insights.

1. http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/binaries/linux-x86_64/
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Closed by  Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:48 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:45 GMT
It's obvious that it's newer, because it's built automatically. We bump x264 only when new major ffmpeg release is out or new x264 commits don't break ABI.
Comment by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Sunday, 26 October 2014, 10:48 GMT
Also note that we use the stable branch, which points to commit used in the package at the moment.

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