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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