[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] old releases on downloads

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 06:36:01PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Friday 2011-06-24 17:44:18 +0200, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:42:10AM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > > On date Friday 2011-06-24 02:09:08 +0200, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> > > > 
> > > > From cf7d7e8fea89e2880aa7bedf240515ae1f6b1e20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > > From: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>
> > > > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:01:42 +0200
> > > > Subject: [PATCH] Link to the old releases
> > > > 
> > > > ---
> > > >  src/download |    8 ++++++++
> > > >  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/src/download b/src/download
> > > > index 60b86c1..066956e 100644
> > > > --- a/src/download
> > > > +++ b/src/download
> > > > @@ -211,3 +211,11 @@ compatible with the 0.6 ABI and API.
> > > >  <a href="releases/ffmpeg-0.7.1.tar.gz.asc">PGP signature</a><br />
> > > >  <a href="releases/ffmpeg-0.7.1.changelog">Changelog</a><br />
> > > >  </p>
> > > > +
> > > > +<a name="old"></a><h3>
> > > > +Old ffmpeg releases</h3>
> > > 
> > > I'd say "Unmaintained FFmpeg releases", "old" != "unsupported".
> > 
> > I prefer old
> 
> why?

we have always said all releases are unsupported so "unsupported
releases" may sound confusing


> 
> Anyway I don't mind, assuming that the title matches with the actual
> content of the section.

same here i dont really mind either way either


> 
> > >
> > > > +<p>
> > > > +Warning, these releases are entirely unsupported and can contain known
> > > > +and exploitable security bugs.<br/>
> > > 
> 
> What about:
> 
> The releases which are not listed above are entirely unsupported and
> can contain known and exploitable security bugs, and thus we deprecate
> and discourage their use.
> 
> In case you need them, you can find them in the
> <href="releases">releases archive</a>.

sounds good to me. Feel free to commit all that combined
with you as author


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