[FFmpeg-devel] about ffmpeg 2.8.16

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 06:37:55PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
> On 4/15/2020 6:10 PM, 曾经的梦 wrote:
> > Because I added many custom features in ffmpeg 2.8 and upgrading ffmpeg to the latest version is a difficult task,
> > but I really need the security patchs, so  questions are:
> > 1. When to release 2.8.16  and it can be downloaded from ffmpeg.org?
> 
> I can't answer this one but...
> 
> > 2. When will maintenance on ffmpeg 2.8 be stopped?
> 
> ...looking at https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Downstreams, I'd say that
> realistically speaking, 2.8 will become completely unmaintained one year
> from now, once Ubuntu 16.04 LTS support ends.
> But even today support is pretty limited, seeing how the last release
> was nearly two years ago.

ill do a new release from 2.8 
thanks for reminding me



> 
> If you want to volunteer to backport security fixes that are yet to be
> backported even beyond the aforementioned date, then you're welcome to.
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