[FFmpeg-devel] 5.0 release

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 8:48 PM Anton Khirnov <anton at khirnov.net> wrote:
>
> > - The request to wait for a new string handling API to land and be used
> > for the relevant functions in this set. This has not seen opposition
> > from anyone yet, but it's not very feasible if said new API is not yet
> > in a state beyond a draft/RFC. It would delay this set indefinitely. We
> > can use AVBPrint in the meantime, and name the functions in a way that
> > reflects it, to leave the cleaner names for the future API.
>
> I said this before, but let me state again that I oppose this for
> various reasons.
>

I concur with an opposition on the fact alone that some future API
currently not even in a final design format should not block current
work for an indeterminate timeframe - especially since its hardly the
only spot we ever handle strings, so its not anything new.

- Hendrik