This case was approved at last Tuesday's LSARC meeting. I marked the IAM file "closed approved". Sorry for being a bit late on this.
Thanks, Brian On 08/18/09 02:04, Brian Cameron wrote: > > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI > This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > Amendment to sox > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Brian Cameron > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 18 August, 2009 > 4. Technical Description > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI > This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > Amendment to sox > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Justin Roth > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 13 August 2009 > > 2. Project Summary > 2.1. Project Description > > Per LSARC 2008/706, > This project delivers the sox package, version 14.3.0, an audio file > conversion and sound effects utility. Since some time has passed > since > sox was ARC'd, we're delivering the latest version, which has a few > slight interface changes. > > 4. Technical Description > > sox (SOund eXchange) is a command line utility, and an associated set > of library routines, which convert many different digital audio > formats, and can process audio files to add various sound effects. > > In this version, the libsfx.so is gone. Here is the message I received > from the maintainer when I asked him why: > > "For majority of SoX's history, the API represented by libsfx was > always combined into single library libsox. It was only separate for > maybe 2 or less years of a 15-20 year time period. > > There was a developer that joined in 14.0.0 that worked on some > cleanup > of SoX internals and thought it a good idea to separate the effects > engine into its own library with assumption that some application may > wish to use it but not the file handle routines. > > Not a bad idea but it wasn't done completely and that developer has > since left again. There were symbols used by libsfx that always > required linking in libsox to end application. And I think the > opposite way around as well. So effectively, libsox and libsfx were > always both required at link time in most cases. > > To do the split right, we probably would have needed libsox, libsfx, > and libsoxutils. The later containing common utils that we want > linked > into both libraries. > > I was doing some symbol cleanup in 14.2.0 and settled on merging > libsfx > back in to libsox instead of libsoxutil route. The overall size of > each library is pretty small and since no application was known to > only > use libsfx it seemed safe. Also, ffmpeg has kinda shown to me that > splitting up the libraries can be very messy with seemingly nothing > gained. > > And last, it seems like during 14.2.0 development some linker had > issues on some platform that merging it helped. Maybe that is on > nabble if I remember correctly." > -- Chris Bagwell, chris at cnpbagwell.com, SoX maintainer > > So, in short, since the previous version of SoX, 14.0.1, which was > discussed in LSARC 2008/706, never made it into Solaris, I don't > think > people will have planned on linking against libsfx on Solaris, > especially considering that libsfx was only split out from libsox > for a > short period in SoX's long history. > > In addition, 14.2.0 introduced a new native 'sox' file format, as well > as the new `.cvu' unfiltered CVSD; supports any bit-rate. > > Some other new interface changes in 14.3.0 include: > (from the SoX Changelog) > o sox_format_init() has been superseded by sox_init(). > o Removed obsolete error codes (SOX_E...); new sox_strerror() > function to convert error codes to text. > o Use of sox_effect_options() is now mandatory when initialising an > effect (see example0.c for an example of this). > o sox_flow_effects() has a new (3rd) parameter: a void pointer > `client_data' that is passed as a new (2nd) parameter to the flow > callback function. client_data may be NULL. > > There are also new effects features that have been added since 14.0.1, > which include: > > o N.B. Reduced default bandwidth setting for `rate' effect from 99% > to 95%; use `rate -s' to be compatible with SoX v14.1.0. (robs) > o New options for `rate' effect to configure phase response, > band-width and aliasing. (robs) > o New options for 'dither' effect: RPDF, TPDF, noise-shaping. (robs) > o New `riaa' effect: RIAA vinyl playback EQ. (robs) > o New `loudness' effect: gain control with ISO 226 loudness > compensation. (robs) > o New `bend' effect; pitch bending. (robs) > o New -b option for the norm effect; can be used to fix stereo > imbalance. (robs) > o Wider tempo range for `tempo' effect. (robs) > o New --effects-file option to read effects and arguments from > a file instead of command line. (cbagwell) > o `filter' effect now supports --plot. (robs) > o Improved documentation for the `stat' effect. (robs) > o Fix broken audio pass-through with noiseprof effect. (robs) > o Fix graph legend display when using --plot octave. (robs) > o Fix rare crash with `rate' effect. (robs) > o Fix [2190767] `norm' under-amplifying in some cases. (George > Yohng) > o Fix [2007062] Earwax effect can overflow; should clip. (robs) > o Fix [2223251] mcompand should use linkwitz-riley. (robs) > o Fix `phaser' clicks and overflows. (robs) > o Trim will now skip past 2G point correctly. (cbagwell) > o Improved handling of speed changes in the effects chain. (robs) > > The list of audio and playlist file formats we're supporting is: > AUDIO FILE FORMATS: 8svx aif aifc aiff aiffc al amb au avr caf cdda cdr > cvs cvsd dat dvms f4 f8 fap flac fssd gsm hcom > htk > ima ircam la lpc lpc10 lu mat mat4 mat5 maud nist > ogg paf prc pvf raw s1 s2 s3 s4 sb sd2 sds sf sl > smp snd sndfile sndr sndt sou sox sph sw txw u1 > u2 > u3 u4 ub ul uw vms voc vorbis vox w64 wav wavpcm > wve xa xi > PLAYLIST FORMATS: m3u pls > > 5. Interface changes since LSARC 2008/706: > > Imported interfaces Classification Interface type > =============================== ============== ============== > sys/soundcard.h Uncommitted header > sndfile.h Uncommitted header > vorbis/codec.h Uncommitted header > FLAC/all.h Uncommitted header > > Exported interface amendments Classification Interface type > =============================== ============== ============== > /usr/bin/amd64/sox Uncommitted command > /usr/bin/sparcv9/sox Uncommitted command > /usr/bin/soxi Uncommitted symlink > /usr/bin/amd64/soxi Uncommitted symlink > /usr/bin/sparcv9/soxi Uncommitted symlink > /usr/bin/rec Uncommitted symlink > /usr/bin/amd64/rec Uncommitted symlink > /usr/bin/sparcv9/rec Uncommitted symlink > /usr/bin/play Uncommitted symlink > /usr/bin/amd64/play Uncommitted symlink > /usr/bin/sparcv9/play Uncommitted symlink > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/sox.pc Uncommitted library > /usr/lib/libsfx.so Obsolete Uncommitted library > /usr/lib/amd64/sox/*.so Project Private conversion libraries > /usr/lib/sparcv9/sox/*.so Project Private conversion > libraries > > 5a. Manpage amendments > > /usr/share/man/man1/soxi.1 Uncommitted manpage > /usr/share/man/man1/rec.1 Uncommitted manpage > /usr/share/man/man1/play.1 Uncommitted manpage > /usr/share/man/man5/soxexam.5 Obsolete Uncommitted manpage > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > SFW > 6.5. ARC review type: self-review / already approved > per LSARC 2008/706 > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open > > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > SFW > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-arc mailing list > opensolaris-arc at opensolaris.org
