This is blocked on bug #1827442.
I also disagree with seeding this directly; we also install webp-pixbuf-
loader by default, and it is pulled in by:
$ reverse-depends webp-pixbuf-loader -c main
Reverse-Depends
===============
* eog
* gnome-control-center
* shotwell
Packages without architectures listed are reverse-dependencies in: amd64,
arm64, armhf, ppc64el, s390x
$
It is not seeded directly. I think having heif-* as a dependency of
these other packages would also be what we want.
Anyway, I am marking this bug as 'wontfix' based on the state of the MIR
for the libheif source package. Feel free to subscribe to that bug, and
if and when that bug is resolved, reopen this bug and resubscribe
ubuntu-sponsors.
** Changed in: eog (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1886271
Title:
HEIF support should be installed by default
Status in Default settings and artwork for Baltix OS:
Triaged
Status in eog package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
The HEIF image file format [1] is getting quite popular, mainly
because this is now the default image format for iOS [2].
Unfortunately, this is not supported by default in Ubuntu (20.04). In
practice, this means that if someone sends you a picture from an
iPhone, you won't be able to look at it (and the error message in eog
is just saying this "is not a image", not hinting at all that
installing a small package could solve it).
Therefore, I'd recommend installing by default the following two extra
packages. This is about 60kB:
heif-gdk-pixbuf
heif-thumbnailer
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_Format
[2] https://www.imyfone.com/phone-data-transfer/what-is-iphone-heic/
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