[FFmpeg-devel] Deleting oldabi branch

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Stefano Sabatini <stefasab <at> gmail.com> writes:

> > > Please delete the oldabi branch in the git repo. It is 
> > > 19 months old, and nobody is using it anymore AFAIK.

> > Is there any old software, older versions, older 
> > checkouts of something refering to this branch? forum 
> > posts, mailing list posts?

I am sure such references exist.

> > will we maybe want to bisect based on something from 
> > that branch ever?

This is at least possible.

> Theoretically yes, most probably practically no.

?
(As in: Theoretically, an issue is a security risk, 
but practically not?)

> Even if so, the use of that branch should be discouraged, 
> since it doesn't receive attention nor security fixes.

I believe an explanation on the download page (or 
somewhere else) would be very useful.

Please do not delete the branch, Carl Eugen