Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 00/31] Major library soname bump

[James Almer <jamrial@gmail.com>]

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On 3/26/2025 8:01 PM, Sean McGovern wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 18:50 James Almer <jamrial@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/23/2025 7:06 PM, James Almer wrote:
>>> It's been a year since the last bump, so lets get rid of old deprecated
>> API
>>> in time for ffmpeg 8.0
>>>
>>> James Almer (30):
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_SUBFRAMES
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_TICKS_PER_FRAME
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_DROPCHANGED
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_AVFFT
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_FF_PROFILE_LEVEL
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_AVCODEC_CLOSE
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_BUFFER_MIN_SIZE
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_VDPAU_ALLOC_GET_SET
>>>     avcodec: remove deprecated FF_API_QUALITY_FACTOR
>>>     avcodec/version_major: postpone some deprecations until the next bump
>>>     avdevice: remove deprecated FF_API_BKTR_DEVICE
>>>     avdevice: remove deprecated FF_API_OPENGL_DEVICE
>>>     avdevice: remove deprecated FF_API_SDL2_DEVICE
>>>     avdevice/version_major: postpone some deprecations until the next bump
>>>     avformat: remove deprecated FF_API_LAVF_SHORTEST
>>>     avformat: remove deprecated FF_API_ALLOW_FLUSH
>>>     avformat: remove deprecated FF_API_AVSTREAM_SIDE_DATA
>>>     avformat: remove deprecated FF_API_GET_DUR_ESTIMATE_METHOD
>>>     avformat/version_major: postpone some deprecations until the next bump
>>>     avfilter: remove deprecated FF_API_LINK_PUBLIC
>>>     avfilter/version_major: postpone some deprecations until the next bump
>>>     avutil: remove deprecated FF_API_HDR_VIVID_THREE_SPLINE
>>>     avutil: remove deprecated FF_API_FRAME_PKT
>>>     avutil: remove deprecated FF_API_INTERLACED_FRAME
>>>     avutil: remove deprecated FF_API_FRAME_KEY
>>>     avutil: remove deprecated FF_API_PALETTE_HAS_CHANGED
>>>     avutil: remove deprecated FF_API_VULKAN_CONTIGUOUS_MEMORY
>>>     avutil: remove deprecated FF_API_H274_FILM_GRAIN_VCS
>>>     avutil/version_major: postpone some deprecations until the next bump
>>>     libs: bump major version for all libraries
>>
>> I'll apply this set (And Andreas' patches) soon.
>>
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> 
> There wasn't a lot of mailing list noise around this patch set which kind
> of surprises me.
> 
> Will we get backlash from any of our downstreams on this?
> Or is it just par for the course since the next release will likely be 8.0?

Yes, next release will be 8.0, and we always do a bump once a year at 
the most, to remove deprecated API.


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