Hi Mahlet On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 03:32:05PM +0100, Mahlet Kassa via ffmpeg-devel wrote: > Hi, > I am preparing a GSoC 2026 application for FFmpeg and I am currently > working toward the qualification task for the "Improving FATE (self tests) > coverage" project. > > I have set up a local FFmpeg checkout, completed a normal build, set up a > gcov build, run several FATE targets, and generated local lcov reports to > start narrowing candidate files.
when testing locally, make sure you set ./configure --samples=... and download the fate samples "make fate-rsync" otherwise coverage tests would be incomplete > > My current candidates are: > - libavutil/avstring.c > - libavcodec/huffman.c > > I am still narrowing down the best libavformat candidate. The current > option from my local coverage run is movenc.c, but that looks broader than > I want to commit to without checking first. yes > > Before I go further, I wanted to ask whether this direction looks > reasonable and whether these candidate areas are currently free. also note, our most qualified candiatate for this just told me that he accepted an internship and will not be available for GSoC in 2026 thx [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB If you drop bombs on a foreign country and kill a hundred thousand innocent people, expect your government to call the consequence "unprovoked inhuman terrorist attacks" and use it to justify dropping more bombs and killing more people. The technology changed, the idea is old.
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