On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 2:15 PM James Almer <jamr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 4/23/2022 3:08 PM, Neal Gompa wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 12:40 PM James Almer <jamr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On 4/23/2022 1:36 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > >>> Hi all > >>> > >>> Do people prefer that 5.0 becomes LTS or the next (5.1) ? > >>> Or something else ? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >> > >> 5.0 lacks the new channel layout API, and making that an LTS will give > >> projects less incentive to migrate, so IMO, 5.1 (or a newer one) should > >> be the LTS. > > > > I thought 5.x was the LTS series already. Maybe I misunderstood, but I > > expected that the 5.x series does not break API/ABI, so minor versions > > of the 5.0 major series would be part of the same LTS and supported > > for that timeframe. > > No 5.x release will break existing API/ABI, but all can and most likely > will introduce new API. So if you target 5.0, you can use 5.x just fine. >
So, that aligns with my expectations. > As an example, 5.1 will be the first with a new channel layout API in > lavu, which will of course live alongside the old (now marked as > deprecated) until a major bump takes place in a couple years. > So then, to me, it makes sense to shift the LTS to 5.1 as part of the LTS 5.x cycle. It gets people upgrading and satisfies people's general expectation here (including mine). -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
