[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] merge libavcore into libavutil

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Monday, 07 February 2011 at 22:11, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> writes:
> 
> > On date Monday 2011-02-07 14:39:06 -0500, Ronald S. Bultje encoded:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Stefano Sabatini
> >> <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
> >> > Use case: hey, I need a small library for {RNG/base64/checksum/CPU
> >> > detection/expression evaluation} but I need it to have a small
> >> > footprint, what can I use?
> >> 
> >> Then we should allow selectable units, similar to
> >> --disable-decoder=XYZ or --disable-encoders in lavc, as part of lavu.
> >> Randomly splitting it in 10 sublibs is not an appropriate solution.
> >
> > This is a valid point. But yet there is the API/ABI breakage problem
> > (and which is the best timing for doing it, just after/before
> > release),
> 
> The previous release did not include libavcore.  Merging it back
> before the next release would cause the least trouble for release
> users.

And yet you actively discourage using releases and encourage using
SVN/git HEAD instead. Which makes your statement kind of hypocritical.

Regards,
Dominik

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