[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] rename have_incompatible_fork_abi -> have_incompatible_libav_abi

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 01:54:40AM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Monday 2013-07-01 20:30:17 +0200, Clément Bœsch encoded:
> > On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 07:24:31PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > > "Fork" is an ambiguous term, since there may be more than one fork, also
> > > "fork" could be confused with the corresponding function.
> > > 
> > > Note: this change requires to change --enable-incompatible-fork-abi to
> > > --enable-incompatible-libav-abi, since it is more or less an internal
> > > flag this should not raise a serious problem.
> > > ---
> > >  configure               | 4 ++--
> > >  libavcodec/avcodec.h    | 2 +-
> > >  libavcodec/imgconvert.c | 2 +-
> > >  libavcodec/vdpau.h      | 4 ++--
> > >  libavutil/pixfmt.h      | 2 +-
> > >  5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > 
> 
> > Deprecate the old one. Packagers won't like it you randomly change
> > configure options.
> 
> Seriously, "packagers" means just one or two persons who follow the
> project enough to be able to read the log and figure out what needs to
> be changed. And I'd prefer to avoid more compatibility cruft than
> already present.

there are also various references to the option from ml archives
and probably other places
the old name should continue to work/ be supported IMHO


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