Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg 5.0 LTS vs 5.1 LTS

[Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>]

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On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 08:04:25PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Apr 2022, at 19:19, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 01:51:26PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
> >> On Sat, 23 Apr 2022, at 18:36, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> >> > Do people prefer that 5.0 becomes LTS or the next (5.1) ?
> >> > Or something else ?
> >> 
> >> My understanding of the consensus was;
> >> - 5.0 in Dec/Jan
> >> - 5.1 in Jul with API additions, but no ABI/behavior breakage
> >
> > yes
> 
> OK.
> 
> >> - 6.0 in Dec 22 with ABI/API/behavior breakage and while 5.1 becomes LTS
> >
> > we could give 5.1 an LTS "tag" when its released already
> 
> I would mention it, tbh.
> 
> > also thers the possibility that by december we have nothing that really
> > benefits from a ABI/API/behavior breakage.
> > If that happens people might prefer 5.2 over 6.0 i dont know.
> 
> I think it would be clearer to accustom people that we have one big potential change every year, at the same date.

thats not a bad idea. Still bumping the sonames of the libs when there is
no reason is not really nice. I dont know if we will have a reason in december

thx

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Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

It is what and why we do it that matters, not just one of them.

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