Re: [FFmpeg-devel] next release

2021-10-07 Thread Jean-Baptiste Kempf
On Wed, 6 Oct 2021, at 14:41, James Almer wrote: > freeze, they will skip 5.0 for their upcoming releases, keep using 4.4, > and that one will therefore become an LTS release by force, like it's > currently the case with 4.3, 4.1, and 3.2. Being de-facto maintained long, because of those disbtri

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] next release

2021-10-07 Thread J. Dekker
On 6 Oct 2021, at 11:57, Michael Niedermayer wrote: Hi Should the next release be called "LTS"? No, we can specify it *as* LTS but it should still have an actual name. The danger in calling it 'LTS' is that it will then be confusing if we specify other releases as LTS: do we mean an LTS releas

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] next release

2021-10-06 Thread Roman Arzumanyan
LTS releases would be a superb option for corporate FFMpeg users. От: ffmpeg-devel от имени Michael Niedermayer Отправлено: 6 октября 2021 г. 12:57 Кому: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Тема: [FFmpeg-devel] next release External email: Use caution

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] next release

2021-10-06 Thread James Almer
On 10/6/2021 6:57 AM, Michael Niedermayer wrote: Hi Should the next release be called "LTS"? Should the next release be 4.5 or 5.0 ? 5.0. The major bump removed old core API, so it needs to be reflected in more ways than just soname. Should it be made in december 2021 ? (as was suggested i

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] next release

2021-10-06 Thread Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Hello, On Wed, 6 Oct 2021, at 11:57, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > Should the next release be called "LTS"? Yes. > Should the next release be 4.5 or 5.0 ? 5.0 seeing the major break in API. > Should it be made in december 2021 ? (as was suggested in jbs release mail) I still think so. ( :D )

[FFmpeg-devel] next release

2021-10-06 Thread Michael Niedermayer
Hi Should the next release be called "LTS"? Should the next release be 4.5 or 5.0 ? Should it be made in december 2021 ? (as was suggested in jbs release mail) thx -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB Does the universe only have a finite lifespan? No, its