[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] avcodec: remove sonic lossy/lossless audio

[Vittorio Giovara]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM J. Dekker <jdek at itanimul.li> wrote:

>
> Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> writes:
>
> > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> > On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 01:56:10PM +0100, J. Dekker wrote:
> >> This was an experimental/research codec of which ffmpeg is the only
> >> encoder and decoder,
> >
> >
> >> development has stalled
> >
> > Thats not true, there was private dicussion making sonic the most
> > advanced audio codec in FFmpeg a few months ago.
> > Iam not saying that will happen, i am just saying there was a
> > discussion about it. And that iam in principle interrested in
> > working on this. Its possible i will not have enough time ...
> >
>
> The last commit which actually changed the codec was
> 6026a5ad4f135476c7a1f51f8cfa7f4cc2ca0283 by you in 2013 which is over 10
> years ago. For an experimental codec I think it's pretty safe to say
> that development has stalled.
>
> Keeping the codec around based on 'what if?'s doesn't seem
> reasonable. Besides, if you do make sonic the most advanced audio codec
> in FFmpeg there's nothing which says you couldn't re-add it at a later
> date when it's being actively developed again.
>

+1

but please do the deprecation dance as suggested
-- 
Vittorio