[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] make img_convert symbol conditional on lavc version, not libswscale

[Reinhard Tartler]

Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> writes:

>>  Alternatively, I could add an option to configure
>> --disable-oldscaler or whatever that controls enabling this code.
>
> Why not just add a big warning to --enable-swscale like:
>
> "Warning, libavcodec has been compiled with the new scaler and
>  applications which still use the old scaler will not work with this
>  version of libavcodec, the regression tests will not work either"

That is not really an option for distributions that like to support
both applications that use the new scaler and applications that use the
old implementation.

Do you guys really suggest distros to not enable swscaler for now? I
thought you want to have libswscale used by people.

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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4