[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] x86 external assembler requirements

Michael Niedermayer michael at niedermayer.cc
Fri Jun 9 19:53:53 EEST 2017


On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 03:13:23PM +0200, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 2:51 PM, James Darnley <jdarnley at obe.tv> wrote:
> > I propose that we drop support for all assemblers older than NASM version 2.11.

ubuntu 14.04 LTS has only
nasm                                                                    2.10.09-1                                amd64                                    General-purpose x86 assembler
https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/nasm


[...]

> Many people building FFmpeg for years with YASM may not have an
> appropriate NASM installed, and forcing a switch here may not be
> ideal.

+1


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