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

[Reinhard Tartler]

Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier at smartjog.com> writes:

>> I can understand that distros do not like to maintain the patch, but I
>> do neither want to maintain it!
>> So what was it that you wanted?
>> You want one of us to maintain your patch which is too much work for you to
>> do?
>
> IMHO removing 2 lines is not much work, Im also lazy about this and I
> just removed:
>
> -#ifndef CONFIG_SWSCALE
> +//#ifndef CONFIG_SWSCALE
>
> -#endif
> +//#endif
>
> And I have access to the old API.

Right. It is not that much work AFAIUI, and having it upstream would
give us more eyes to watch out for problems caused by this. Distros are
carrying this patch for years now without serious concerns, after all,
so it cannot be that broken as one might suspect in the first place.

-- 
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4