[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2 0/3] Make fate tests succeed with zlib-ng

[Alexander Strasser]

On 2024-12-16 22:02 -0500, Leo Izen wrote:
> On 12/16/24 5:50 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
[...]
>
> > (e): Find a input that encodes to max 2 variants and store 2 checksums
>
> Doesn't fix the problem, which is that need to be aware of all the known
> variants and create hacks to work with them instead of doing something more
> future proof.

I may be misunderstanding sth, but this is what my series does, right?

> > I dont think (e) is the best solution, but if it works for all cases,
> > my point is, that it is a valid solution
> >
>
> It really isn't, because it doesn't work in all cases. It works for a
> specific list of known cases. This is not the same thing.

Why do you think it is not future proof?

Do you expect there will be more zlib (or alternative implementation bugs)
for compression level zero?

My idea was to remove the .alt files after at least all fate clients
have been updated to zlib implementations that don't need it anymore.


  Alexander