On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 6:12 PM, James Almer <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28/07/15 10:30 AM, Vittorio Giovara wrote:
>> ---
>>  libavcodec/version.h  | 58 
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>>  libavfilter/version.h | 10 ++++-----
>>  libavformat/version.h |  6 +++---
>>  libavutil/version.h   |  8 +++----
>>  4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>>
> See 
> https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commitdiff;h=f4c444e17d137c786f0ed2da0e5943df505d5f9e
>
> Why do we keep postponing the removal of all this?
> Last time it was because the bump was not meant to remove anything. This is
> not the case right now as other things have been removed, so why keep these
> around?

(answering to both wm4 and James)

Because downstream users need time to update their applications. Last
time we postponed removing everything exactly for this reasons since
applications wanted to have more time, especially since this round
requires a little development effort for a few APIs, especially the
oldest ones (get_buffer, off the top of my head).

Next round seems a much lighter one, and external conditions are
allowing us to possibly reduce the deprecation period, so perhaps we
will be able to drop a few of the remaining ones at next release
rather than wait for two cycles. This will be very likely discussed
during VDD, but feel free to voice your opinion if you are not
attending.

Cheers
-- 
Vittorio
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