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

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le keskiviikkona 28. helmikuuta 2024, 19.55.11 EET James Almer a écrit :
> > 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.
> 
> Does it hurt keeping it around?

Considering the sheer number of audio codecs in libavcodec, the difference is 
peanuts. But in principle, any dead code is an extra maintenance burden, 
whether it be reported security vulnerabilities that "need" to be fixed to 
appease Linux distros and corporate freeloaders, or to update the internal 
interfaces.

> If it can at some point be developed
> again, then removing the codec id to re-add it later will be a bit dirty.

Slightly, but the chance of that seem almost zero. Also compared to moving 
stuff in and out of staging like the kernel does, or between good, bad and ugly 
like a certain competing OSS framework does, it's pretty much nothing. People 
are not going to ditch FFmpeg on the basis of misusing the VCS over that 
hypothetical.

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