On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 10:10:18AM -0400, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Anton Khirnov <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 07:39:52AM -0400, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Anton Khirnov <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > --- > >> > libavformat/avformat.h | 4 +++- > >> > libavformat/utils.c | 4 ++++ > >> > libavformat/version.h | 3 +++ > >> > 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > >> > >> Any reason we don't want to remove it at the next one already, going > >> by the evil "release, bump, release again" plan? > >> > > > > As you already know =p, I think our policy should be to remove old stuff > > only after a sufficiently (at least ~0.5y) long transition period. > > These *2() functions have been out for a few months, so it's long > enough. I've keen on removing as much old cruft as possible. > > (It's not like this is critical API that every application definitely > uses, unlike say avcodec_decode_audioX() or so... The chance of real > problems is relatively small.)
Only one month. Don't forget that we already have a bad reputation for breaking compatibility often (undeserved, but still...). I'd prefer to be more conservative with those things, unless they obstruct progress. That is certainly not the case here. -- Anton Khirnov
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