[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Next release and regressions

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 12:22:26AM +0100, Marton Balint wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > Trac lists 162 non closed bugs with keyword regression
> > https://trac.ffmpeg.org/query?status=new&status=open&status=reopened&keywords=~regression
> > 
> > Our next major release maybe will be next december
> > 
> > I suggest we try to reduce the number of regression bugs, and also to
> > add fate tests for as many of these when they are fixed as easily
> > possible.
> 
> Regression fixes should be backported to stable branches, unless they are

yes 


> very invasive. I'd rather suggest a bug hunt of all issues categorized as
> important, mostly regressions, some crashes.

i was slightly hesitating with suggesting "important" as i feared bikedsheding
over what is "important", "regression" is more clearly defined
but of course important bugs should be fixed 

thx


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