[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg 5.0 LTS vs 5.1 LTS

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2022, at 20:40, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 08:04:25PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Apr 2022, at 19:19, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 01:51:26PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 23 Apr 2022, at 18:36, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> >> > Do people prefer that 5.0 becomes LTS or the next (5.1) ?
>> >> > Or something else ?
>> >> 
>> >> My understanding of the consensus was;
>> >> - 5.0 in Dec/Jan
>> >> - 5.1 in Jul with API additions, but no ABI/behavior breakage
>> >
>> > yes
>> 
>> OK.
>> 
>> >> - 6.0 in Dec 22 with ABI/API/behavior breakage and while 5.1 becomes LTS
>> >
>> > we could give 5.1 an LTS "tag" when its released already
>> 
>> I would mention it, tbh.
>> 
>> > also thers the possibility that by december we have nothing that really
>> > benefits from a ABI/API/behavior breakage.
>> > If that happens people might prefer 5.2 over 6.0 i dont know.
>> 
>> I think it would be clearer to accustom people that we have one big potential change every year, at the same date.
>
> thats not a bad idea. Still bumping the sonames of the libs when there is
> no reason is not really nice. I dont know if we will have a reason in december

A major number does not mean major soname bump if not needed.
This is release numbers.

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