[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 01/27] avcodec: add color_range to AVCodec struct and use it

[Paul B Mahol]

On 12/11/17, Hendrik Leppkes <h.leppkes at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Fine, but it's inevitable that the encoder supports the J formats still
>>> for a while.
>>
>>
>> Why are you all dismissive about this?
>
>
> Because we have an established way to remove things like this, and
> that doesn't happen over night.
> Its not ok for stuff to stop working without a replacement in place
> for a sufficient time before that, so people can migrate.
>
> First, implement replacement and add visible deprecation messages -
> and then wait the established deprecation period before actually
> removing it.

Bullshit, J formats are deprecated for ages.