[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] compat: remove in-tree NVidia headers

[Nicolas George]

Hendrik Leppkes (2018-02-27):
> Something works today, you want to refactor it, you get to keep it
> working. Its a simple rule.

It is a simple rule, but not one that must be followed blindly. Please
do not be dogmatic.

Sometimes, we have to "break" an obscure case in order to make progress.
We cannot be 100% bug-compatible with older versions, except if we
completely stop development. We must make use of common sense, and
balance the benefit with the drawbacks. The drawbacks include how
frequent the use case is, and also how easy it is to fix.

I think it would be reasonable to set a three months warning in
configure:

./configure --enable-msvc --enable-nvidia
ERROR: support nVidia drivers with MSVC will be removed on 2018-06-01
unless somebody steps in to fix and test it.

./configure --enable-msvc --enable-nvidia --enable-nvidia-temporary
WARNING: support nVidia drivers with MSVC will be removed on 2018-06-01
unless somebody steps in to fix and test it.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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