[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] make img_convert symbol conditional on lavc version, not libswscale

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 05:35:04PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> writes:
> 
> >>  Alternatively, I could add an option to configure
> >> --disable-oldscaler or whatever that controls enabling this code.
> >
> > Why not just add a big warning to --enable-swscale like:
> >
> > "Warning, libavcodec has been compiled with the new scaler and
> >  applications which still use the old scaler will not work with this
> >  version of libavcodec, the regression tests will not work either"
> 
> That is not really an option for distributions that like to support
> both applications that use the new scaler and applications that use the
> old implementation.
> 
> Do you guys really suggest distros to not enable swscaler for now? I
> thought you want to have libswscale used by people.

When swscale was added i hoped that we very soon would
drop the old scaler and API but due to various reasons this didnt happen
yet. When the code was written it was not expected that there would be
a long period with both supported.
I regret a little that i did not simply ignore the whining users and
removed the old scaler, this would have helped speed up things alot.
Now we have a google SOC task about the swscaler and iam planning to
wait to see what comes out of that before i spend time on it ...

About the patch, i understand that distros want it and thats fine, i
just do not want that patch in svn, i rather spend my time moving forward
than reviewing, adding and maintaining hacks to support
"obscure local minima".

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