[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Remove Sonic experimental audio codec

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Monday 2011-02-28 17:26:57 +0100, Stefano Sabatini encoded:
> On date Monday 2011-02-28 14:49:22 +0000, Mans Rullgard encoded:
> > Since initially committed in 2004, this codec has only been touched
> > for maintenanance.  Functionally, it contains no novel ideas and
> > its intended audience is better served by existing mature codecs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans at mansr.com>
> > ---
> >  MAINTAINERS            |    1 -
> >  configure              |    3 -
> >  libavcodec/Makefile    |    3 -
> >  libavcodec/allcodecs.c |    2 -
> >  libavcodec/sonic.c     |  977 ------------------------------------------------
> >  5 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 986 deletions(-)
> >  delete mode 100644 libavcodec/sonic.c
> 
> Why was it designed/added in the first place?

Also: this should require a major bump (i.e. removed conditionally to
the next bump). And in general for this kind of changes expect some
time (3 days / one week) so that all the interested parties can state
their position before it's too late.
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