Re: Consider to switch libjpeg-turbo as default jpeg

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 10:48:32AM +0000, nia wrote:
> cmake does not build on netbsd/hppa, discussed on icb last night.
> 
> Probably one of many problems, it doesn't build on darwin/ppc either.

I can elaborate on this problem also.

pkgsrc supports several platforms that require libtool to produce
shared libraries. I understand the attitude of some is "I don't
use those platforms so I don't care", but it's the reality
of the situation.

graphics/jpeg is a tiny library that works even in the weirdest
small embedded environments.  It is commonly built on things that
don't even have real operating systems. Its build system works
on environments that can barely fit the c++11 compiler required
for cmake into their address space. Ever tried to build cmake
on a few-hundred-mhz sparc? It's pure pain.

If you want libjpeg-turbo on your ryzen desktop to run chromium
that's fine. But what pkgsrc claims to support is far wider in
scope. Whether we should change that and say that pkgsrc is just
for the latest release of netbsd/amd64 is up to you, but I'd
argue that it loses all of its unique value in the process.