On 2024-03-03 09:55:15 +0100, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > On 2024-03-02 20:39:08 -0500, Sean McGovern wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 2, 2024, 18:19 Michael Niedermayer <mich...@niedermayer.cc> > > wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Mar 03, 2024 at 12:06:14AM +0100, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > > > > On 2024-03-02 23:55:38 +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 08:22:41PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > > > > > > As it was a little difficult for me to not loose track of what is > > > > > > blocking a release. I suggest that for all release blocking issues > > > > > > open a ticket and set Blocking to 7.0 > > > > > > that way this: > > > > > > https://trac.ffmpeg.org/query?blocking=~7.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > or for the ones not closed: > > > > > > > > > https://trac.ffmpeg.org/query?status=new&status=open&status=reopened&blocking=~7.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > will list all blocking issues > > > > > > > > > > > > Ive added one, for testing that, i intend to add more if i see > > > something > > > > > > > > > > > > What is blocking? (IMHO) > > > > > > * regressions (unless its non possible to fix before release) > > > > > > * crashes > > > > > > * security issues > > > > > > * data loss > > > > > > * privacy issues > > > > > > * anything the commuity agrees should be in the release > > > > > > > > > > We still have 3 blocking issues on trac > > > > > > > > > > do people want me to wait or ignore them and branch ? > > > > > Iam not sure when the exact deadline is but if we keep waiting > > > > > we will not get into ubuntu 24.04 LTS > > > > > > > > 24.04 is past feature freeze, so it's too late for that. > > > > > > we should aim earlier in the future then. > > > > > > > > > > LTS is only every 2 years, yes? > > Yes > > > How do we make sure this doesn't happen in 2026? How much of a gap is there > > between feature freeze and release? > > Not involved in Ubuntu, so that's from past experience: feature > freeze is usually about two months before the release. > > So here's the catch: Debian's timeline also needs to be taken into > account. If the ffmpeg release does not involve the removal of deprecated API > and > a SONAME bump, then the time from ffmpeg to release to upload to Debian > unstable and then import in Ubuntu is short. In this case, I am sure > that I could convince Ubuntu maintainers to import it even during > feature freeze. > > But with SONAME bumps and changes in the API, it takes a lot more time > to work through the high number of ffmpeg reverse dependencies. In that > case, plan a release at least 6 months before an Ubuntu LTS release.
> > We usually have to rely on upstream maintainers to adopt to the > changes and that take times. Many moons ago Anton helped with providing > patches, but for the last couple of API changes it took some months from > "dear maintainer, here is ffmpeg X for testing, please fix the build of > your package" to actually doing all uploads and rebuilds. For example, > the transition to ffmpeg 6.0 was started in July 2023 and was done in > December 2023. Just as a FYI: ffmpeg 7.0 breaks close to 70 reverse dependencies in Debian. The list is available at [1]. So if you want ffmpeg X to be in Debian Y or Ubuntu Z, X needs to be released at least half a year before Y or Z freeze. Cheers [1] https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?user=sramac...@debian.org&tag=ffmpeg-7.0 -- Sebastian Ramacher _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
