[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] postpone removal of avcodec_decode_audio

[Diego Biurrun]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 10:45:41AM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> 
> Diego Biurrun said:
> >
> > there are two instances of avcodec_decode_audio left in FFmpeg, one is
> > addressed by Baptiste's patch, the other is in ffplay and apparently a
> > bit tricky to get rid of.  I propose postponing the removal of
> > avcodec_decode_audio to the version bump after the next so that I can
> > commit my C++ cruft removal patch without breaking FFmpeg.
> 
> Why does the C++ cruft removal need a version bump?  It doesn't change the
> API or ABI.

But it requires external programs using FFmpeg to be changed, doesn't
it?  How is that different from an API change?

Diego