[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avcodec/version: Postpone FF_API_DEBUG_MV

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:27 AM, Clément Bœsch <u at pkh.me> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 12:09:04PM -0400, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> [...]
> > > > The replacement will never be written if:
> > > > a) nobody cares; AND
> > > > b) we keep delaying the removal
> > > >
> > > > I'm considering veto'ing this patch.
> > >
> > > Personally I'm with Clement in this. The deprecation was poorly
> handled,
> > > and the feature currently has no replacement. Michael uses it for
> > > debugging, so removing it does not seem productive.
> > >
> > > But, also agreeing with Clement, this should absolutely be ported to
> the
> > > codecview filter before the next bump, or it will be removed.
> > >
> >
> > But this is the whole problem. We're stuck in a stalemate between nothing
> > and nobody. As with ffserver, we'll keep postponing this forever more
> until
> > the stalemate is broken.
>
> Well, AFAIK contrary to ffserver, this is not exactly much a hinder for
> further development; MPEG related development is pretty much stalled these
> days
>

You cut the second half of my message. Ask Kieran if the above statement is
true.

Ronald