On Aug 04 12:58:59, m...@mansr.com wrote:
> SoX includes a local copy of libgsm.

Yes; as opposed to most of the other external formats.

> There is also an option to build
> against an externally provided libgsm.  Unsurprisingly, the local copy
> is quite old and presumably full of bugs.

AFAICS, it's 1992 code, last touched by Rob in 2008.

> Since all major Linux distributions already package libgsm, I'd like to
> simply delete our copy and make gsm support optional.

Please do.

> It is rather obscure, after all.

I remamber using it many years ago when some phones (ancient by today)
used it as the default audio format for recordings.

> Any objections?

Please do kill it.

On Aug 05 19:17:26, sox-devel@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> If a local copy is kept within sox, it should probably be updated ...

No, it should be made an external dependency,
like with ogg or flac or mp3 or any other external format.

        Jan



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