Hi Łukasz, I think I can summarize a bunch of this by answering the last question first:
> Also, did anyone discuss with Debian on how they intend to proceed here? Per https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia-team/audacity/, they're already moving on a ~dfsg version of 3.1.3, meaning very likely they've got this all figured out and intend to upload shortly. However, I think in the interest of time, it might be worth taking what has been done there, the pristine-tar, and uploading our own version. Then *if* they upload prior to Final Freeze, we can simply sync their version over. I think I can don my rarely-used Debian Multimedia Team hat here and do the testing on Dennis's packaging and see if it works, and test the binaries as built in my PPA. If it looks good, I have no problem with reporting back here and allowing either yourself or Dan to take a look at the package in my PPA prior to FFe approval. This whole process should take less than 24 hours. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to audacity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1983862 Title: [FFe] Audacity 3.1 for Kinetic (was 2.4.2 FTBFS with ffmpeg 5.x) Status in audacity package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in audacity package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: Audacity is a very high-profile, cross-platform application. As it stands. Audacity has been stagnant at 2.4.2 for several releases. 3.1 has been out for some time and is compatible with ffmpeg 5. At this point, we are finding our hand forced. 2.4.2 is incompatible with ffmpeg 5, and as such we must upgrade, patch, or remove. Users of Audacity would much rather see an upgrade, as I have seen in bug reports as of late, or in the #ubuntustudio chat. The biggest hurdles have been the telemetry which can be disabled by default as discussed via https://github.com/audacity/audacity/discussions/889. Note that the biggest requirement, wxwidgets, only recently got uploaded post-Feature Freeze, which otherwise would have made this FFe moot. This bug has been being worked on since prior to FFe, so IMO this is a bug fix that just happens to carry features with it, similar to what you'd find if wxwidgets had been uploaded prior to Feature Freeze. Basically, I'm hoping that some of the logic that can be applied here is that the exception is based mostly on the late upload of wxwidgets which was beyond the control of those involved. I think that having new features in an application is a better option than having it removed completely for the sake of a feature freeze in this case, especially when it's as high-profile of an application as this one. ---- Original Description: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/615233650/buildlog_ubuntu-kinetic- amd64.audacity_2.4.2~dfsg0-5build1_BUILDING.txt.gz (...) In file included from /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/AudacityApp.cpp:82: /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/FFmpeg.h: In constructor ‘AVPacketEx::AVPacketEx()’: /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/FFmpeg.h:892:21: warning: ‘void av_init_packet(AVPacket*)’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations] 892 | av_init_packet(this); | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~ In file included from /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec/avcodec.h:45, from /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/FFmpeg.h:53: /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec/packet.h:506:6: note: declared here 506 | void av_init_packet(AVPacket *pkt); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/FFmpeg.h: In member function ‘void AVPacketEx::reset()’: /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/FFmpeg.h:919:7: error: ‘av_free_packet’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘av_new_packet’? 919 | av_free_packet(this); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | av_new_packet /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/FFmpeg.h: In member function ‘void AVPacketEx::steal(AVPacketEx&&)’: /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/src/FFmpeg.h:926:21: warning: ‘void av_init_packet(AVPacket*)’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations] 926 | av_init_packet(&that); | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec/packet.h:506:6: note: declared here 506 | void av_init_packet(AVPacket *pkt); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FFmpeg 5.0 changed the API and it required a big patch for audacity: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/3121/files Note that patch is on top of master, and Debian/Ubuntu still carry old version 2.4.2. To fix this, the package needs to be first updated to 3.1.3 (or later), and then have that patch applied. Upstream issue (now resolved): https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/2445 Debian RC bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004598 audacity was removed from debian testing today: https://tracker.debian.org/news/1352473/audacity-removed-from-testing/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacity/+bug/1983862/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp