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

[Sean McGovern <gseanmcg@gmail.com>]

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?

-- Sean McGovern

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