[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg release 6.1 (SDR Plans)

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 03:55:57PM +0200, Gijs Peskens wrote:
> 
> On 21-09-2023 18:21, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > As the 6.1 release is upcoming and as it was previously stated by me that sdr
> > will be part of 6.1. Heres some update of what i intend to do about that.
> > 
> > People previously agreed to including a SDR input device in libavdevice with
> > SDR in a seperate library.
> > 
> > If the community and the SDR code are happy with each other before the release
> > then SDR will simply be merged and be part of 6.1 like any other feature.
> > 
> > OTOH If a majority of people are against the SDR code at the time of
> > branching 6.1. Then i will make a separate release identical to 6.1 with
> > the SDR code and of course also provide security support
> What does this mean? Does this mean an FFmpeg release containing code that
> interfaces with your SDR library? Or does it mean the library fully
> integrated into FFmpeg?

It depends on the code at the time of release. ATM there is no seperate
library, just a SDR input device.
creating a separte library and the related API/ABI needs to be done with
thought and care not something to rush quickly.

thx

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