On Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 10:15 Vittorio Giovara <vittorio.giov...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 3:49 PM Michael Niedermayer < > mich...@niedermayer.cc> > wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 02:26:37PM +0300, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote: > > > > > > > > > Le 11 juin 2024 12:59:23 GMT+03:00, Michael Niedermayer < > > mich...@niedermayer.cc> a écrit : > > > >On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 08:52:08PM -0400, Sean McGovern wrote: > > > >[...] > > > >> Are there any real concerns about the Alpha removal itself? > > > >> People still wanting to use FFmpeg for hardware that old can stick > > > >> with 7.0 (and fork it if they like -- that's the beauty of FOSS). > > > > > > > >Loosing security support, sounds not viable, so if alpha is removed > > > >the question what that would do to users (aka performance and does it > > > >work/build after the patchset) is still an open question ... > > > > > > What supported distribution would people even be getting security > > support from? None of the mainstream distributions support Alpha anymore. > > So if (generic) you care about security support that architecture simply > > isn't viable, regardless of FFmpeg. > > > > > > > > Also if security really is the concern, then using the supported plain > C > > code of FFmpeg seems safer than using unmaintained SIMD optimisations. > > > > security wise, the risk for something like alpha is generic > > architecture unspecific attacks. The probability of an attack specific to > > alpha SIMD is > > very low even if there is an issue in that code, which in itself isnt > that > > likely > > because its unlikely anyone will design an attack specific for ffmpeg > SIMD > > on alpha > > > > Is there anyone actively vouching for this old arch? it's not the first > time that stuff gets removed and this won't be the last. > We should really be more proactive at removing cruft rather than dying on > hills about omgsecurity and omgusers (within reason of course). > -- > Vittorio > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". > Ping. -- Sean McGovern > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
