From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org [79.124.17.100]) by master.gitmailbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0000040E88 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 06:38:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD0D168B140; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 08:38:45 +0200 (EET) Received: from mail0.khirnov.net (red.khirnov.net [176.97.15.12]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FEFC68AFBD for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 08:38:39 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by mail0.khirnov.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE737240179 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 07:38:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail0.khirnov.net ([IPv6:::1]) by localhost (mail0.khirnov.net [IPv6:::1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3afZ_ahggL7A for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 07:38:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from lain.red.khirnov.net (lain.red.khirnov.net [IPv6:2001:67c:1138:4306::3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "lain.red.khirnov.net", Issuer "smtp.khirnov.net SMTP CA" (verified OK)) by mail0.khirnov.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 570FF240175 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 07:38:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by lain.red.khirnov.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 68B001601AD; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 07:38:38 +0100 (CET) From: Anton Khirnov To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches In-Reply-To: =?utf-8?q?=3CDM8P223MB0365FE92DCCDA3C42CB8ACF2BA2E9=40DM8P223MB?= =?utf-8?q?0365=2ENAMP223=2EPROD=2EOUTLOOK=2ECOM=3E?= References: <20220201100227.18928-1-anton@khirnov.net> =?utf-8?q?=3CAM7PR03M?= =?utf-8?q?B6660368FF770BF9CFF25DFB38F2C9=40AM7PR03MB6660=2Eeurprd03=2Eprod?= =?utf-8?q?=2Eoutlook=2Ecom=3E?= =?utf-8?q?=3CDM8P223MB0365?= =?utf-8?q?2A19235F0878A58FEC2DBA2C9=40DM8P223MB0365=2ENAMP223=2EPROD=2EOUTL?= =?utf-8?q?OOK=2ECOM=3E?= <164431301321.19727.453011583235613178@lain.red.khirnov.net> =?utf-8?q?=3CD?= =?utf-8?q?M8P223MB0365F37305BDDD1C1F4FC3D3BA2D9=40DM8P223MB0365=2ENAMP223?= =?utf-8?q?=2EPROD=2EOUTLOOK=2ECOM=3E?= <164438576271.9519.10531238838401724055@lain.red.khirnov.net> =?utf-8?q?=3C?= =?utf-8?q?DM8P223MB0365FE92DCCDA3C42CB8ACF2BA2E9=40DM8P223MB0365=2ENAMP223?= =?utf-8?q?=2EPROD=2EOUTLOOK=2ECOM=3E?= Mail-Followup-To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:38:38 +0100 Message-ID: <164438871840.9519.14756637791421043870@lain.red.khirnov.net> User-Agent: alot/0.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/4] lavc/mpeg*: drop the XvMC hwaccel code X-BeenThere: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: FFmpeg development discussions and patches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org Sender: "ffmpeg-devel" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: Quoting Soft Works (2022-02-09 07:19:23) > > Sure. Don't understand my reply as an objection I don't even know what > xvmc is (or was). I rather see the burden and effort that it takes > to retain all those compatibility paths and at the same time how it > is blocking innovation and progress. > Compatibility is important - without question, but doing it in a way > that libs from different versions can be combined, is a somewhat crazy > endeavor. I keep wondering who would be the developer whose dreams > this might fulfil.. > The discussion about that seems to have gotten stuck about whether > to merge libs together or not, or how, but I haven't followed in > detailed, so please excuse the question (which has probably been > covered before): > Why can't ffmpeg simply declare that starting from version X, it > will be a requirement that all libs are from the same version? > (of course after equalizing) That is pretty offtopic in this thread =p That said, in my opinion - the extra flexibility is useful - the actual effort required to allow mismatching versions is overstated - the things this mainly affects are various private interfaces, which IMO are a mispattern and should not exist anyway -- Anton Khirnov _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-request@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".