[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avfilter/fifo: Remove (a)fifo filters

[Muhammad Faiz]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 5:40 PM Andreas Rheinhardt <
andreas.rheinhardt at outlook.com> wrote:

> Muhammad Faiz:
> > On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM Andreas Rheinhardt <
> > andreas.rheinhardt at outlook.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Andreas Rheinhardt:
> >>> Obsolete since 4ca1fb9d2a91757c8c4c34dd456abf340e3f765f.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Rheinhardt <andreas.rheinhardt at outlook.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  doc/filters.texi         |   9 ---
> >>>  libavfilter/Makefile     |   1 -
> >>>  libavfilter/allfilters.c |   2 -
> >>>  libavfilter/fifo.c       | 165 ---------------------------------------
> >>>  4 files changed, 177 deletions(-)
> >>>  delete mode 100644 libavfilter/fifo.c
> >>>
> >>
> >> Will apply in a few days unless there are objections.
> >>
> >> - Andreas
> >>
> >>
> > This breaks backward compatibility.
> >
> > Please revert.
> >
> > Thank's.
>
> What breaks that can't simply be fixed by removing the (a)fifo filter
> from the filterchain?
>
> - Andreas
>
>
I use afifo to optimize memory usage.
And backward incompatible change should only be allowed with deprecation
periods and major version bump.

Thank's