From: Thomas Frohwein <tfrohwein@fastmail.com>
Subject: Re: New: sdl12-compat - SDL1 reimplentation layered on top of SDL2
To: yaydn@protonmail.com
Cc: "ports@openbsd.org" <ports@openbsd.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 15:33:00 -0700

On Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:34:45 +0000
yaydn@protonmail.com wrote:

> Maybe we'll be lucky and the problem with vlc won't be reproducible,
> hence an applicable merge into ports as is. I'd prefer it to be
> bumbling on my part than any actual issue. :D
> 
> Please let me know how it goes with vlc.

I can reproduce the segfault, but it's difficult to figure out why it
segfaults with sdl12-compat.

> 
> 
> PS: Do you intend to hold on sdl2-compat(sdl2 compatibility layer that
> uses sdl3)[1] until sdl2 no longer gets updates? Assuming sdl12-compat
> is the path OpenBSD goes with for sdl1 going forward.

sdl12-compat is used a lot less and it can be argued that software
should have adopted at least sdl2 by now. This makes it a better way to
gain experience. Once we sort this out, sdl2-compat will likely be
following...