[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] web/download: update min. kernel version for linux binaries

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Am Sa., 14. März 2020 um 13:19 Uhr schrieb Gyan Doshi <ffmpeg at gyani.pro>:
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> On 14-03-2020 04:29 pm, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > Am Sa., 14. März 2020 um 07:31 Uhr schrieb Gyan Doshi <ffmpeg at gyani.pro>:
> >> As per https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/
> >> ---
> >>   src/download | 2 +-
> >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> >> diff --git a/src/download b/src/download
> >> index 6292a7e..d9155ee 100644
> >> --- a/src/download
> >> +++ b/src/download
> >> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
> >>               <h3>Linux Static Builds</h3>
> >>               <div class="list-group">
> >>                 <a class="list-group-item" href="https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/">32-bit and
> >> -                64-bit for kernel 2.6.32 and above</a>
> >> +                64-bit for kernel 3.2.0 and above</a>
> > Shouldn't we instead remove the line?
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> Why?

Because we cannot know which kernel version the binaries currently require
and because people with ancient kernels probably won't download current
FFmpeg.

Are we mentioning that the Zeranoe binaries do not work on XP?

Carl Eugen