[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]Postpone vdpau removal

[wm4]

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:04:22 -0400
compn <tempn at mi.rr.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:36:12 +0200
> wm4 <nfxjfg at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:05:44 +0000 (UTC)
> > Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:
> > 
> > > Ronald S. Bultje <rsbultje <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > > Attached patch postpones the vdpau removal.
> > > > > The decoders were only deprecated today, so give 
> > > > > users time until the next version bump.
> > > > 
> > > > No.
> > > 
> > > Then please revert a383f226
> > > I am listed as vdpau maintainer and I object to the patch.
> > 
> > Why?
> > 
> > Also, the maintainer list means absolutely nothing.
> 
> ffmpeg maintainers file means a lot, please read ffmpeg developer
> policy/rules docs:
> http://ffmpeg.org/developer.html
> 
> (well probably you do not care about the rules anyway, but feel free to
> propose to rm maintainers, then we can vote on it! yay voting)

Oh, I do. Such as the rule that deprecated stuff will eventually be
deleted.

Why has the maintainer not been aware that his code was deprecated for
years?