[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Remove Sonic experimental audio codec

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Monday 2011-02-28 14:49:22 +0000, Mans Rullgard encoded:
> Since initially committed in 2004, this codec has only been touched
> for maintenanance.  Functionally, it contains no novel ideas and
> its intended audience is better served by existing mature codecs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans at mansr.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS            |    1 -
>  configure              |    3 -
>  libavcodec/Makefile    |    3 -
>  libavcodec/allcodecs.c |    2 -
>  libavcodec/sonic.c     |  977 ------------------------------------------------
>  5 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 986 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 libavcodec/sonic.c

Why was it designed/added in the first place?
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