2019-03-28 20:52 GMT+01:00, Michael Niedermayer <mich...@niedermayer.cc>: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 06:47:52PM +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: >> 2019-03-28 18:31 GMT+01:00, Michael Niedermayer <mich...@niedermayer.cc>: >> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 12:00:39PM +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: >> >> >> - <small>ffmpeg-4.1.2.tar.bz2</small> >> >> + <small>ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2</small> >> > >> > Iam not sure if this is wise. This would increase the burden >> > for security fixes because now any fix to a bug in no release >> > can be ignored. But if distros would ship random master >> > checkouts everything even if its fixed an hour later could >> > be relevant to some distribution >> >> This link will not affect any distribution, only users who need a >> quick download (and report an issue afterwards). > > maybe there should be a button for downloading the latest release > and the latest snapshot side by side
> and certainly i see your point but users downloading the latest snapshot > still will not have the latest when they report a bug. So iam not > sure this would actually help. Many if not most people still would > have to go and re-download After working on FFmpeg for some time I would say users who use a release very often miss that an issue was already fixed, users with a recent snapshots are less likely in this situation. > also if release and snapshot differ much its probably time for a new > major release ... > not saying that makes your argument less relevant but more saying > that i think we should probably make a new major release ... Given the number of open current regressions, I would prefer if we fixed at least some of them before making a release... I was annoyed about the top of the download page for a very long time and only realized now that apart from being misleading, it also created a maintenance burden. Carl Eugen _______________________________________________ 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".
