[FFmpeg-user] [EXTERNAL] Re: GitHub and Releases

[Moritz Barsnick]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 19:21:42 +0000, Bryce Newman wrote:
> So just talking about the patch now…
> Which branch should I be in to add my patch? I assume that is release/4.4?
> Here are the branches I see.

Any contributed patches should be developed against and apply to
master:
https://www.ffmpeg.org/developer.html

Often, they also apply cleanly to older branches. Yet that is only of
concern to you if you want to compile an older version with your patch.

If a contributed patch is eventually merged, it can be backported to
the old release branches, if it's considered a reasonable bug fix. This
backporting is then usually done by the upstream developers.

Cheers,
Moritz