[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] version.sh: Always use latest tag for generated version number

[Timothy Gu]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 10:20:09AM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Timo Rothenpieler <timo <at> rothenpieler.org> writes:
> 
> > The current versioning scheme is indeed simple, but 
> > useless in almost all other aspects.
> 
> FFmpeg has a linear development scheme, how can you call 
> a continuous versioning scheme useless? It reflects 1:1 
> on how FFmpeg is developed.

1. FFmpeg does NOT have a linear development scheme. See `git log --merges`.
2. FFmpeg uses Git, which is inherently distributed and nonlinear.

Therefore your argument again is flawed.

> 
> > It gives no indication about what release it is close to
> 
> But the development here is not release-driven (note that 
> I am not saying it should or shouldn't be, I am just 
> describing how it does work for more than a decade), 
> just look at how the latest release was made: A random 
> snapshot was chosen, not even current known possible 
> security issues or regressions were relevant.

As I have said in my reply to your last mail, and as I will do so again,
whether or not release-driven FFmpeg is irrelevant to this conversation. The
versioning scheme is supposed to make people's life easier. It is NOT designed
to be the epitome of FFmpeg development policies.

Timothy