[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg 3.5 / 4.0

[wm4]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:40:21 +0200
Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:55:09PM +0200, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> > On 4/18/18, wm4 <nfxjfg at googlemail.com> wrote:  
> > > On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 23:15:47 +0200
> > > Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> > >  
> > >> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 04:09:41PM +0200, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:  
> > >> > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 1:24 PM, Michael Niedermayer
> > >> > <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:  
> > >> > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 02:04:43PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:  
> > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 12:53:08AM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > >> > >>  
> > >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 02:50:08AM +0100, Michael Niedermayer
> > >> > >> > wrote:  
> > >> > >> > > Hi
> > >> > >> > >
> > >> > >> > > Its 4 months since 3.4 was branched so its time for a new major
> > >> > >> > > release
> > >> > >> > >
> > >> > >> > > Is 4.0 or 3.5 preferred ?
> > >> > >> > > Any name suggestions ?
> > >> > >> > >
> > >> > >> > > If there are no objections i will likely make that release in the
> > >> > >> > > next weeks  
> > >> > >> >
> > >> > >> > more time has passed than intended ...
> > >> > >> >
> > >> > >> > what issues do remain that need to be fixed before the release ?
> > >> > >> > I see fate.ffmpeg.org is not looking that well (compared to most
> > >> > >> > releases in the past) i remember this being pretty much green
> > >> > >> > longer ago
> > >> > >> > do people want these to be fixed before the release ?  
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> ok, so, my plan is to create a release/4.0 branch from master in the
> > >> > >> next
> > >> > >> 24-48 hours unless theres some issue brought to my attention (CC me
> > >> > >> just to
> > >> > >> be sure if theres an issue)
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> then wait 2 days or so and backport any newly found bugfixes to
> > >> > >> release/4.0
> > >> > >> and then make the release finally
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> delays at any point are possible due to issues, lack of time or
> > >> > >> other.
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> as name i think kierans suggestion of Wu would make sense. IIRC we
> > >> > >> had
> > >> > >> no name suggested by more than 1 developer. Please correct me if i
> > >> > >> miscounted i did only briefly re-check the mails in the thread.  
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > release/4.0 branched
> > >> > > next is the release in a few days.
> > >> > > If theres something i should wait for please say so and CC me
> > >> > > also please backport all bugfixes to 4.0  
> > >> >
> > >> > I have two more fixes that should really go in 4.0, one is the
> > >> > tls_schannel fix that I plan to push soon (I'm the author of that
> > >> > module, so unless someone says otherwise soon), and the MSVC configure
> > >> > breakage introduced in the last 2 days.
> > >> > Not sure when you planned to tag, but hopefully both of those are
> > >> > resolved by tomorrow afternoon.  
> > >>
> > >> well i had a bad headache today and iam a bit behind now with stuff
> > >> so i likely wont be ready before tomorrow evening either.  
> > >
> > > Please also wait with the release until we've sorted out the general
> > > avio EOF mess.  
> >   
> 
> > No, that need to wait 5.0  
> 
> +1

At this point it won't be possibly anymore, so it has to happen for
4.0. Also why would we release something that is likely to break even
more API users? Wouldn't you agree that bugs need to be fixed.