On date Tuesday 2011-05-24 11:52:06 +0200, Diego Biurrun encoded:
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:38:30AM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > On date Tuesday 2011-05-24 07:34:57 +0200, Anton Khirnov encoded:
> > > Hi,
> > > with demuxer private options in my local tree, it's time to start
> > > replacing AVFormatParameters with private options.
> > > Note that i can't test the bktr/sndio/oss/v4l patches, so it'd be nice if
> > > somebody else did. You can get this tree from
> > > git://git.khirnov.net/git/libav
> > > branch ap.
> >
> > > Btw is there any reason to still support V4L? AFAIK it's been deprecated
> > > since stone age.
> >
> > And it took years to be properly implemented in Linux, then years to
> > be properly implemented in applications (e.g. in the Flash player),
> > and will probably requires years before to be properly "propagated" to
> > distro.
> >
> > So it's a good idea to keep it, at least for one release or two.
>
> But haven't these years passed already? Who is still relying on V4L1?
I can imagine ancient Debian installations which rely on V4L/FFmpeg
for video-surveillance systems.
The next day the admin will try to update FFmpeg/Libav on it and it
will swear against the developers who removed V4L.
Maybe I have too much imagination, but really considering how much
time old software/devices tends to stay in the business I think
keeping it at least for another release is a good idea.
--
Stinginess with privileges is kindness in disguise.
-- Guide to VAX/VMS Security, Sep. 1984
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