[FFmpeg-devel] Request for --disable-deprecated configure option

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 11:02:01AM +0200, Kacper Michajlow wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It would be nice to have configure time ability to disable all
> `FF_API_*` for testing purposes.
> 
> As we know not all code can be marked to emit Wdeprecated.
> Specifically #defines doesn't emit any warning and it's easy to miss
> such depreciation before it's actually removed.
> 
> The breakage of course is not big, but the main issue is that the
> current release version of a ffmpeg user won't be compatible with
> ffmpeg after API bump, without any period for transition.
> 
> --disable-deprecated could be used for testing and ensuring that
> (next) API bump goes smoothly. For both ffmpeg and its users.

I think such a option (in some form) would be a good idea

thx

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