[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Require compilers to support C17.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Hello,

On Thu, 8 Feb 2024, at 01:36, Cosmin Stejerean via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
>> There were simply no objections to moving to C11.
>> The C17 plan came about later because it has important bugfixes.
>> It doesn't really matter as compilers backported the new behaviour to C11
>> (or rather, they consistently had the same behaviour, but now it became a standard).
>> 
>
> There were no objections to C11, however C17 was brought up and there 
> were objections that it's likely too soon and I believe JB proposed 
> holding off for a year on C17 (while adopting C11 immediately), which 

My recommendation is still this:
- move to C11 now
- activate C17 on some Fate/CI targets
- recommend C17 compilers modes
- move to C17 at this mid-year when 7.1 is branched (LTS if we follow our plans)

 

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