Re: [FFmpeg-devel] 5.0 release

[Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>]

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On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 07:12:54PM +0100, Lynne wrote:
> 2 Jan 2022, 18:11 by michael@niedermayer.cc:
> 
> > On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 05:28:24PM +0100, Lynne wrote:
> >
> >> 2 Jan 2022, 16:52 by zane@zanevaniperen.com:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 3/1/22 01:09, James Almer wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>>> Reverting something in the release branch is already going to be dirty
> >> >>>> no matter what, because we do a minor bump to ensure the release has its
> >> >>>> own soname. Right now that'd mean 5.0 will be lavf 59.13, while lacking
> >> >>>> a demuxer available in lavf 59.12
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Depends on what you mean by "lacking a demuxer"... One (hacky) option would
> >> >>> be to replace it with a stub implementation that always fails.
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> Or tag it as experimental.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > That's much better. If we're not willing to wait, then I suggest we do this.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I'd rather have it reverted in master, branch 5.0, and add it back and bump minor
> >> again. I'm not willing to wait for a month to get fuzzing, the release is way
> >> overdue as-is. We generally don't put experimental on decoders or demuxers.
> >>
> >
> > I think if we dont want it in the release either as you suggest
> > revert in master or mark as experimental in master before the branch
> >
> > having special cases in the release branch feels a bit iffy
> >
> 
> Okay, I can live with an experimental flag on it for the time being.

Ok, please add that experimental flag then

thx

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