[Bug 294030] [Patch] www/firefox: Add VAAPI option for hardware video decoding

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=294030

Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@freebsd.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@freebsd.org> ---
That's a no from gecko.

Technical: The whole VAAPI thing still looks rather messy on the upstream side
- see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610199 and especially the
discussion in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1743926 died with
"Having to use MOZ_DISABLE_RDD_SANDBOX=1 is a major security risk" (similar
sentiment in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1743926#c2 ), so I'd
rather not be handing out foot-guns.

Value: This is a wrapper setting two environment variables, leaving other setup
and a (possible) third environment variable to the user. What distinguishes
these variables from the other stuff, that we need a wrapper for two thirds of
the variables?

Clarity: given the state of bugs at Mozilla, I'd rather not bet on VAAPI
working on Linux (I don't have the hardware to check on either side). If VAAPI
works out-of-the box for Firefox-on-Linux, what explains it not working on
FreeBSD?

Completeness: Just a nitpick at this point, but I guess the same problem exists
in -esr?

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