Description of MP3 from https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/www-client/chromium: "Enable proprietary codecs like H.264, MP3" But nowadays MP3 is free https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing,_ownership,_and_legislation Before this bug report I asked about this month ago https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/fb3osu/mp3_is_not_proprietary_anymore_wrong_flag/
The USE flag is really named after a build system option. https://cs.chromium.org/search/?q=proprietary_codecs+file:.*%5C.gn%7C.*%5C.gni&sq=package:chromium&type=cs Based on that code search, it seems to control codecs for various formats, including H.264, AC3, HEVC, and MPEG2TS. Indeed, MP3 does not appear to be included. I don't really want to keep track of expiring patents, so maybe we should change the description to something more general like "Enable codecs for patent-encumbered audio and video formats".
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=97dcbf819775d13a4c6fa434841a991be04bc6b2 commit 97dcbf819775d13a4c6fa434841a991be04bc6b2 Author: Stephan Hartmann <sultan@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-09-08 13:33:28 +0000 Commit: Stephan Hartmann <sultan@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-09-08 13:33:28 +0000 www-client/chromium: update proprietary-codecs description Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/714622 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.4, Repoman-3.0.1 Signed-off-by: Stephan Hartmann <sultan@gentoo.org> www-client/chromium/metadata.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
