[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] lavd/avdevice: replace av_ with ff_ for caps option table

Reimar Döffinger Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de
Sat Dec 13 20:48:03 CET 2014


On 13.12.2014, at 20:42, James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/12/14 4:27 PM, Lukasz Marek wrote:
>> This symbol is required for query capabilities callbacks.
>> This symbol is only required by libavdevice and should not be exported.
> 
> This need a deprecation and an FF_API scheduled removal. We can't remove the symbol 
> without a major bump.

Well, there is a comment saying it should not be used (which raises the question why it was placed in that header though).
If a search can't find anyone using it, it might not be _completely_ unreasonable to cheat and remove it without a major bump.
But I have no strong opinion either way.

> Also, an internal.h header for stuff like this is probably a good idea.

Yes.


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