On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 01:16:41AM +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: > 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... yes, i prefer that as well and bugs should be fixed independant of there being a release ... and i would suggest we consider setting up some bug bounties for these 151 ? regressions or a subset of them. This may help to draw more interrest towards them ... [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State. -- Vladimir Lenin
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