Public bug reported: [Impact]
easyeffects has a packaging error in that it has a hard run-time Depends on calf-plugins, which hasn't had a proper release in over five years and has suffered bit-rot. Its mere presence on a system with Ardour and Audacity installed can cause either program to crash (see LP: #2063847). While this is certainly a bug in calf, removing it causing a removal of EasyEffects isn't necessary. Per the codebase of EasyEffects, it's calf is merely stated to be an optional dependency, and as stated in the readme, "usage was replaced by native PipeWire filters." [Test Case] * Install easyeffects * Install audacity * Run Audacity (Audacity will likely crash due to calf-plugins) * Attempt removal of calf-plugins (will remove easyeffects) [What could go wrong] Some functionality of easyeffects could go missing, but this would likely be replaced by the lsp-plugins-lv2 package which is more stable, development-active, and functional. As an audio professional and Ubuntu Studio's lead, we recommend these plugins over calf anyhow in terms of quality. [Other information] This has been reported upstream (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1063319), and as part of the Debian Multimedia Team I have submitted a direct commit to the package (https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia- team/easyeffects/-/commit/862142c0b64f6c0cf07a4abda2a57946663eeb4c). ** Affects: easyeffects (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer) Status: In Progress ** Affects: easyeffects (Ubuntu Noble) Importance: Medium Assignee: Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer) Status: In Progress ** Changed in: easyeffects (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer) ** Changed in: easyeffects (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: easyeffects (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Also affects: easyeffects (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: easyeffects (Ubuntu Noble) Importance: Medium Assignee: Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer) Status: In Progress ** No longer affects: easyeffects (Ubuntu Focal) ** Description changed: [Impact] easyeffects has a packaging error in that it has a hard run-time Depends on calf-plugins, which hasn't had a proper release in over five years and has suffered bit-rot. Its mere presence on a system with Ardour and Audacity installed can cause either program to crash (see LP: #2063847). While this is certainly a bug in calf, removing it causing a removal of EasyEffects isn't necessary. Per the codebase of EasyEffects, it's calf is merely stated to be an optional dependency, and as stated in the readme, "usage was replaced by native PipeWire filters." [Test Case] - * Install easyeffects - * Install audacity - * Run Audacity (Audacity will likely crash due to calf-plugins) - * Attempt removal of calf-plugins (will remove easyeffects) + * Install easyeffects + * Install audacity + * Run Audacity (Audacity will likely crash due to calf-plugins) + * Attempt removal of calf-plugins (will remove easyeffects) [What could go wrong] Some functionality of easyeffects could go missing, but this would likely be replaced by the lsp-plugins-lv2 package which is more stable, development-active, and functional. As an audio professional and Ubuntu Studio's lead, we recommend these plugins over calf anyhow in terms of quality. + + [Other information] + + This has been reported upstream (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- + bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1063319), and as part of the Debian Multimedia + Team I have submitted a direct commit to the package + (https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia- + team/easyeffects/-/commit/862142c0b64f6c0cf07a4abda2a57946663eeb4c). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063879 Title: [SRU] EasyEffects Depends: calf-plugins should be Recommends To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/easyeffects/+bug/2063879/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
