I've been unable to get the GitHub archive working as a replacement. I
think the problem is due to the lack of the file name in the URL, which
our Gradle build file expects:
https://github.com/libav/libav/archive/v12.1.tar.gz
==> content-disposition: attachment; filename=libav-12.1.tar.gz
<component group="" name="libav-12.1" version="">
<artifact name="libav-12.1-.tar.gz">
<sha256 value="f08d48bf...2a4527e1" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
</artifact>
</component>
I notice we're building both Libav and FFmpeg, but I think we can drop
Libav now. I know it's gone back and forth even in the Linux
distributions between the original and fork, but it seems the forking
battle is finally over. Wikipedia says:
"As of 2022, Libav is an abandoned software project, with Libav
developers either returning to FFmpeg, moving to other multimedia
projects like the AV1 video codec,[17] or leaving the multimedia field
entirely."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libav#Fork_from_FFmpeg
Maybe that's why the domain name is no longer resolving: nobody is
around to fix it anymore. Can we remove it from the build?
John
On 1/4/23 3:00 AM, Johan Vos wrote:
Hi John,
Thanks for pointing this out. Our automated builds are failing for the
same reason. It's not the first time that this dependency on the libav
website hits us, and I agree it's better indeed to depend on the github
repositories (which are also not guaranteed to be available though).
- Johan
