[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avdevice/avdevice: Deprecate AVDevice Capabilities API

[James Almer]

On 1/25/2021 1:18 PM, Nicolas George wrote:
> Anton Khirnov (12021-01-25):
>> My plan is currently to move the sources into a subdirectory of
>> libavformat/.
> 
> If that is all, then no. Please spend your time in more useful manners.
> As somebody who maintains parts of libavdevice, I do not want tracking
> history made more difficult and brittle, I do not to have to type an
> extra path component, and I see no benefit.
> 
> In fact, since you dislike libavdevice so much, I suggest you add
> --disable-avdevice to your configure line, and let the people who do not
> hate it work on it in peace.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

It being within a subfolder or directly in libavformat's root is 
secondary, really.
Suggestions for alternatives are obviously welcome, if you dislike 
Anton's current approach (admittedly, it reminds me a bit of libmpcodecs 
within libavfilter).