On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 11:22 AM Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <domi...@greysector.net> wrote: > Even so, a C17-supporting compiler (gcc 11.2.1) is available for CentOS 7 > in the devtoolset-11-gcc package (from > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/sclo/x86_64/rh/).
As a 'User' of the FFmpeg project, we have a lot of CentOS/RHEL 7/etc based headless machines which run FFmpeg and thus we compile versions of FFmpeg on this platform. This is currently quite common across the VFX industry as most of the industry is still in the process of moving away from this to something more recent see https://vfxplatform.com/. The availability of "newer" compilers via the devtool set should make this proposed requirement a relatively small obstacle for building newer versions. As such I think that communicating the proposed change and its implications in the next release versions and the FFmpeg website should be sufficient, if similar notes for other common platforms could be added to the release notes/changelog then at least for users of these Fedora/RHEL derivatives should be fine. I'm assuming anybody able to compile a custom FFmpeg build, is also able to arrange to install a prebuilt compiler, so as long as the dependency doesn't bleed through to a runtime one, all should be good. On the topic of why users may be so far behind the "current" for the OS is down to several factors, in VFX and animation it is not uncommon to work upon a project for many years prior to releasing, this means we tend to lock down software versions in use for long periods of time (switching out compilers, libraries etc can all change the results of computation and thus our images). Running multiple projects at once can make changing the OS a long duration process. We've recently seen a similar issue with vscode bumping glibc dependencies https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/203375 though switching glibc versions is a lot more awkward than a compiler requirement. Kevin _______________________________________________ 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".