[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Require compilers to support C17.

[Cosmin Stejerean]

> On Feb 7, 2024, at 11:27 AM, Lynne <dev at lynne.ee> wrote:
> 
>>> 
>>> As a compromise, we could start requiring C11 now, and C17 in 7.1.
>>> Or does anyone still care about compilers without even c11 support?
>>> 
>> 
>> How about C11 now and C17 in a year with ffmpeg 8?
>> 
> 
> Do you have setups and reasons why you can't update them
> that don't support C17 or are you speculating?

I don't have any personal reasons why I can't support C17 immediately, but C11 now / C17 in a year seems like an approach more likely to find consensus than C17 immediately (or bumping to C17 in a minor release). It was also roughly the approach proposed in person at FOSDEM.

- Cosmin