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 B993249E77 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 07:39:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 528B768D3BB; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:39:26 +0300 (EEST) Received: from wfout8-smtp.messagingengine.com (wfout8-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.151]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9245A68D2BB for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:39:19 +0300 (EEST) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailfout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id B49081C00120 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:39:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap49 ([10.202.2.99]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:39:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:subject:subject:to :to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s= fm2; t=1713166756; x=1713253156; bh=63Et/570Uk2ewRwX1hs+FX2JGC8q T9VgQPG2miH4gss=; b=DXJY9BivRxrWziTionf0mZhCOK1Mhgk0Bz7qLfFsPVFH Bvk/1kPRxifgOhN9TKenInPwu5TA9WfAdKKKoEn05oVFTHa5yh/OYiR3I2V5zWpY GJEFvVBgsZakaKyThGyuxo+AzBHPkxhiWMNsg0ow4WkxCw6AZiFwPZbWg69xZ2Gg ghdUPzEw4iPjq/77tNmWS421Y0pR58N4AnlI3S/tTMAe9jhAItLOwIRoN1q85FKl w3QRsJvn/j13KaFTWGp8DNznZG6JkksZvE8ae1lby2QjMjANbjk9ew5AW7CyeNX2 AZdVjGBvXjgOaFwL7eLDn8WA9Jq7Y9Ug5JAjI40+XQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvledrudejuddgjeduucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefofgggkfgjfhffhffvufgtsehttd ertderredtnecuhfhrohhmpedflfgvrghnqdeurghpthhishhtvgcumfgvmhhpfhdfuceo jhgssehvihguvgholhgrnhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnheptddtueefjeetle evteefgffhtdeggfelteelfeehkedthfdugeegleelveekgefhnecuffhomhgrihhnpehj sghkvghmphhfrdgtohhmnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrg hilhhfrhhomhepjhgssehvihguvgholhgrnhdrohhrgh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i06904239:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id CCCC515A0092; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:39:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.11.0-alpha0-379-gabd37849b7-fm-20240408.001-gabd37849 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <5571204d-6f0e-4f5d-87f3-9c693a74d6d8@betaapp.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20240414235542.GC6420@pb2> References: <20240414235542.GC6420@pb2> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:38:52 +0200 From: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf" To: ffmpeg-devel Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Anyone using 6.0, 4.1, 3.4 ? 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: Hi, On Mon, 15 Apr 2024, at 01:55, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > I see nothing using 6.0 and 4.1 on our downstreams page, so i suggest to > move 6.0 to the archieve page after 6.0.2 and 4.1 probably without > new releases Good idea. > About 3.4 > ubuntu 18.04 last updated its FFmpeg 3.4 package 15 November 2023 > sadly "apt changelog" doesnt seem to work with that package so iam not > sure that includes our fixes or only other things > our last 3.4 release was 2023-06-12 Just make one point release of 3.4 and drop that branch. > but i intend to make new 3.4 and 2.8 releases too > The branches can be droped afterwards if noone is left using these. Even if those have people using them, you should drop them now. They are old, and we're not sure they are complete in terms of backports and fixes. If you maintain them, people expect completion, while they are not complete, and it does not incentize people to upgrade. > But as shown above ubuntu is still actively doing things with these > packages so if someone confirms that ubuntu still has interrest in > these (or another distro) then ill try to continue to update these In summary, IMHO: I think you should support less versions. Drop 2.8 and 3.4 (after a point release, if you want). Maintain 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 6.1 and drop all the rest (4.0, 4.1, 4,.3, 5.0). Almost no other project in the world support that many branches. It's better to have a few very well maintained, than all those. -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf - President +33 672 704 734 https://jbkempf.com/ _______________________________________________ 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".