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 9E0B348E05 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:47:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE47C68D1A6; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:47:12 +0200 (EET) Received: from relay8-d.mail.gandi.net (relay8-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.201]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FCCE68D18A for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:47:07 +0200 (EET) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A74D31BF203 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:47:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=niedermayer.cc; s=gm1; t=1706482026; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=InzI5GIrgqbAr/yEETyHGJv8r0iIFWQvnH5vYtshfjc=; b=bSX+PI4CISocjzHT8fnrphR0qrx0typvZGf6zaB1j33rZoGAIwA35BPLbvvOgKFmpFTNgw oWtdXCA83A6pTwtt7LiYAkCwx++GkmKETiLs9LkMO8Mk2hMpS5OUFExd/E/N/FbRlehAwI aLKSJL6l0pfJgen75gbemCK/Qf2bMFZixbLbt0U7dD8MRAukGRNGyOCqj/9A8OghqyE+EG OGjE+hV47/64fqmQWpteGz446UbBN4ibMhfnY+YRbh43KGNDUyemRAym/mNMBl2DpZOZl/ lliisiXnTf0Vme/wcKrLnZuIn9WDS6O0Zg7CiNV2ykW6OJxDEtB81VsEupheMw== Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 23:47:06 +0100 From: Michael Niedermayer To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Message-ID: <20240128224706.GU6420@pb2> References: <20240128122944.10889-1-anton@khirnov.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20240128122944.10889-1-anton@khirnov.net> X-GND-Sasl: michael@niedermayer.cc Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [RFC/PATCH] doc/developer: clarify the criterion for removing deprecated APIs 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: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8252152798296965061==" Errors-To: ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org Sender: "ffmpeg-devel" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: --===============8252152798296965061== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/9z6AbMxRc14GfkQ" Content-Disposition: inline --/9z6AbMxRc14GfkQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 01:28:36PM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote: > Previously, the implicit standard was to wait 2 years before deprecation > and removal, but it has been widely agreed at developer meetings that > time-based measures do not make sense and we should switch to a > release-based one instead. > --- > Feel welcome to argue for other numbers than 2, or suggest alternative > criteria, but please try to limit bikeshedding. > --- > doc/developer.texi | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >=20 > diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi > index dd96e3b36a..3f3218f66a 100644 > --- a/doc/developer.texi > +++ b/doc/developer.texi > @@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ the negative effects on our callers, who are required= to adapt their code, > backward-incompatible changes during a major bump should be limited to: > @itemize @bullet > @item > -Removing previously deprecated APIs. > +Removing APIs that were marked as deprecated in at least two previous > +major releases. Removing APIs that were marked as deprecated in at least two previous major releases for at least 1 year. (goal of this proposed difference is to ensure that if for whatever reason we make several major releases in quick succession it doesnt deprecate things faster) thx [...] --=20 Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein --/9z6AbMxRc14GfkQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABEIAB0WIQSf8hKLFH72cwut8TNhHseHBAsPqwUCZbbZaQAKCRBhHseHBAsP q+JrAKCLeAHpepONBriiZoj+yo7/9d9KZgCfWUvjhIa30hpV4182GteVlsLrZ9Y= =zaEt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/9z6AbMxRc14GfkQ-- --===============8252152798296965061== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ 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". --===============8252152798296965061==--