[FFmpeg-devel] 2.9/3.0, 2.8.5, ...

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 02:44:07PM +0100, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:
> > Przemysław Sobala <przemyslaw.sobala <at> grupawp.pl> writes:
> >
> >> I know it's a bit late but could you backport fixes for
> >> #4841, #4849, #5121, #5267
> >
> > None of these were reported as regresions and I don't think
> > any of them describe a security issue.
> > Generally, backports should be held to a minimum to avoid
> > issues like ticket #5090.
> 
> The commit referenced in 5090 is clearly a new feature, and should
> never have been backported in the first place.

The problem was that other FFmpeg developers asked for this to be
backported and the change looked benign from a quick look ...



> Backporting simple and obvious fixes is generally fine and should be
> encouraged (only looked at 5121 and 5267, and those two look fine for
> backports)
> 
> 
> - Hendrik
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