[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg 7.0 blocking issues

[Anton Khirnov]

Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2024-06-04 03:16:11)
> > The real question is
> > why so many projects wait until the old API is gone to migrate. What we
> > removed in 7.0 has had its replacement in place for a couple years, since
> > 5.1.
> 
> Because few need or want to migrate to a new API every year.

IME smaller and more frequent changes are both easier to manage and have
a lower risk of bugs than a massive all-breaking API migration once in
five years.

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Anton Khirnov