Package: libheif1 Version: 1.19.8-1 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer, libheif1 currently Depends on libheif-plugin-libde265, while I believe it should be a Recommend. While the HEIF format is known for supporting HEVC-encoded content, having it forced by depending on the libheif-plugin-libde265 plugin prevents redistribution for blends that want to avoid to ship libde265 for patent-related reasons. Ubuntu did recently move the Depends to a Suggest not so long ago: https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia-team/libheif/-/merge_requests/7 I am not sure if we want to be as aggressive and move it to a Ruggests as well for Debian, or if we can do with a Recommends for the moment. At least, using a Recommend should allow for a similar update to be performed in trixie proposed-updates to allow trixie blends to not having to distribute libde265 while keeping HEIF support. Thanks, Agathe.
