[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] merge libavcore into libavutil

[Måns Rullgård]

Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> writes:

> On date Monday 2011-02-07 14:39:06 -0500, Ronald S. Bultje encoded:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Stefano Sabatini
>> <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
>> > Use case: hey, I need a small library for {RNG/base64/checksum/CPU
>> > detection/expression evaluation} but I need it to have a small
>> > footprint, what can I use?
>> 
>> Then we should allow selectable units, similar to
>> --disable-decoder=XYZ or --disable-encoders in lavc, as part of lavu.
>> Randomly splitting it in 10 sublibs is not an appropriate solution.
>
> This is a valid point. But yet there is the API/ABI breakage problem
> (and which is the best timing for doing it, just after/before
> release),

The previous release did not include libavcore.  Merging it back
before the next release would cause the least trouble for release
users.

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