[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] 7.1 Release

[Filip Mašić]

On Fri, 27 Sept 2024 at 00:51, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 12:27:58PM +0100, Filip Mašić wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Sept 2024 at 23:48, Michael Niedermayer <
> michael at niedermayer.cc>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > if someone can help with reviewing and applying, thats certainly
> welcome
> > > I dont think i will find the time for alot of non trivial patches
> before
> > > the release but a bigger problem is that the release branch is for
> bugfixes
> > > mainly not for feature additions, exceptions are possible, and i would
> not
> > > mind if people want this, but as said i wont have the time for this,
> theres
> > > too many other things iam trying to work on, someone else would have
> to do
> > > this
> > >
> > > thx
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does this mean this non-breaking bugfix will be merged?
> > https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2024-September/333854.html
> > https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2024-September/333857.html
> > It's 9 days old if that matters. I wanted to know when I'll be able to
> use
> > it.
>
> if someone applies it and backports, yes.
>
> thx
>

OK but, who is someone? Is it the maintainer? Who's been assigned to the
merge request? How many days are meant to pass since the patch is sent in
and who is meant to be pinged with it?

I'm just confused.