[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg 5.0 LTS vs 5.1 LTS

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2022, at 19:19, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 01:51:26PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Apr 2022, at 18:36, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> > Do people prefer that 5.0 becomes LTS or the next (5.1) ?
>> > Or something else ?
>> 
>> My understanding of the consensus was;
>> - 5.0 in Dec/Jan
>> - 5.1 in Jul with API additions, but no ABI/behavior breakage
>
> yes

OK.

>> - 6.0 in Dec 22 with ABI/API/behavior breakage and while 5.1 becomes LTS
>
> we could give 5.1 an LTS "tag" when its released already

I would mention it, tbh.

> also thers the possibility that by december we have nothing that really
> benefits from a ABI/API/behavior breakage.
> If that happens people might prefer 5.2 over 6.0 i dont know.

I think it would be clearer to accustom people that we have one big potential change every year, at the same date.

jb

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