Bug#667573: x264: 10 bit builds

[Nicolas George]

Le primidi 21 vendémiaire, an CCXXI, Fabian Greffrath a écrit :
> How about Debian's alternatives system? I think it is easier to use
> and more consistent than a LD_LIBRARY_PATH hack.

AFAIK, the alternative system requires root privileges to change the
selected alternative, whereas LD_LIBRARY_PATH can be changed by any user on
a per-encode basis. Several encodes can be started with different
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and therefore different bit depth. The only limitation with
that system is that a single process is limited to a single bit depth.

Of course, the alternative system could be used on top of that, to allow to
configure the default bit depth, when no LD_LIBRARY_PATH is specified.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George