Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2022-06-01 19:01:27) > On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 12:38:05PM +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote: > > Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2022-05-30 21:09:10) > > > alpha-linux-gnu-gcc-5 (Ubuntu 5.5.0-12ubuntu1) 5.5.0 20171010 with > > > qemu-alpha version 2.11.1(Debian 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.39) > > > trigger a FPE on the DBL_MAX * 90000 operation > > > > > > Iam not 100% sure why, but if i mess with mfp-trap-mode the compiler > > > produces internal compiler errors > > > This issue seems not to affect the fate box with an older compiler > > > > > > Ive also tried the gcc 6, gcc 7, gcc 8 packages with no luck > > > > Do we event want to keep support for alpha? > > I have no opinion here > > > > Does it still have any > > real-world use? > > i do not know > > > > It does not seem productive to spend development time on > > a dead platform. > > Ive had the same thought and actually was a bit angry on myself after i spend > too long to get a gcc + qemu + gdb working together to debug this. Felt like > i could have done something more productive > > I think a question is, is there someone who wants to maintain alpha support > because it seems it needs some support. > If someone does, its no work for me and i certainly dont mind if we keep alpha > on the list of supported architectures. > If not we can just apply this and pretend its still supported until it breaks > again. Though such support would not be with teh toolchain from the ubuntu > i used. The old fate box seems to work a lot better > Or we can just deprecate it and drop on a future bump > dont really have an opinion, but i dont plan to put any significant amount > of time in alpha support
Sounds reasonable. I would be in favor of deprecating it unless someone volunteers to maintain it. -- Anton Khirnov _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
