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#MKVToolNix author, #Matroska core developer, a cappella lover, #OpenSource enthusiast. Eternally curious tech nerd. Avid gamer (#MassEffect, #DragonAge, #BaldursGate). Loves #automation & #IPv6. SysAdmin, DevOps, developer by day.
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Joined October 31, 2022

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https://mkvtoolnix.download/

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 25mo ago

Replying to

@Conan_Kudo@fosstodon.org @fl0_id@mastodon.social @matzipan@hachyderm.io @lina@vt.social @bitzero@fosstodon.org And you missed mine, I think. Just like Rust won't ever replace all of the kernel's C code, neither would C++. Therefore C++ would need to build those abstractions on top of said C code, just like Rust has to. And here C++ is simply way too lax in what it accepts. If the underlying model of the existing C code has really obscure & hard-to-get-right ownership semantics, then the C++ code will as well, and it cannot offer much on top of that.

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 25mo ago

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@Conan_Kudo@fosstodon.org @fl0_id@mastodon.social @matzipan@hachyderm.io @lina@vt.social @bitzero@fosstodon.org it's easier because C++ isn't any more memory safe than C. It only offers you certain tools that make it easier to write memory safe code. It doesn't require you to do that, though. Therefore all the bad design and unclear ownership issues present in the C code Lina complains about would be the same in C++ code based on said C code. And due to the compiler/the language not being any help with those the C++ code would not actually improve anything.

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 19mo ago

The MKVToolNix project has just been moved from Gitlab to Codeberg; see https://mkvtoolnix.download #MKVToolNix #Matroska #Codeberg

mkvtoolnix.download

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 17mo ago

A new MKVToolNix release is out, v92, with a handful of bug fixes & enhancements. Nothing major. Have fun! :grin: https://www.bunkus.org/2025/04/2025-04-26-mkvtoolnix-v92-0-released/ #MKVToolNix #Matroska

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MKVToolNix v92.0 released

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 19mo ago

MKVToolNix v91 is out with a lot of enhancements to the GUI & bug fixes in other components. Get it while it's hot! https://www.bunkus.org/2025/03/2025-03-16-mkvtoolnix-v91-0-released/ #MKVToolNix #Matroska

bunkus.org

MKVToolNix v91.0 released

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 25mo ago

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@pinskia@hachyderm.io @Conan_Kudo@fosstodon.org @fl0_id@mastodon.social @lina@vt.social @bitzero@fosstodon.org c) Of course memory safety is not the only advantage. Better type system, way better tooling & error messages, memory safety, less verbose, easier to read, easy to track dependencies, a standard library that doesn't actually suck (like std::regex, for example…), the build system is not a huge POS ecosystem. That's only part of what I, a C++ developer, see as advantages of Rust over C++.

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 25mo ago

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@pinskia@hachyderm.io @Conan_Kudo@fosstodon.org @fl0_id@mastodon.social @lina@vt.social @bitzero@fosstodon.org a) According to Microsoft 70% of their observed security issues are memory safety issue. Why wouldn't Rust proponents advertise the fact that their language systemically targets these? That's a huge part of our problems! b) The other types of issues (logic errors, insufficient error handling…) that will be there then are also here now, just on top of memory safety issues.

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 25mo ago

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@Conan_Kudo@fosstodon.org @fl0_id@mastodon.social @matzipan@hachyderm.io @lina@vt.social @bitzero@fosstodon.org From an outsider's perspective, this I very much agree with from all I've read over the years. Definitely something to be extremely frustrated about.

Moritz Bunkus 🏳️‍🌈 @mosu@fosstodon.org

· 19mo ago

@Marcel_Gehlen@social.tchncs.de Doing pretty much everything there I found enough to fully upgrade one set of wand+grimoire+armor (also breaking down everything I didn't really need including uniques). I agree that there's not much room to experiment with equipment, unfortunately.