On 5/13/2019 5:23 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: > Am Mo., 13. Mai 2019 um 22:18 Uhr schrieb James Almer <jamr...@gmail.com>: >> >> On 5/13/2019 5:13 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: >>> Am Mo., 13. Mai 2019 um 22:10 Uhr schrieb Marton Balint <c...@passwd.hu>: >>>> >>>> On Sun, 28 Apr 2019, Marton Balint wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> There has been discussion on the mailing list several times about the >>>>> inclusion of support for closed source components (codecs, formats, >>>>> filters, etc) in the main ffmpeg codebase. >>>>> >>>>> Also the removal of libNDI happened without general consensus, so a vote >>>>> is necessary to justify the removal. >>>>> >>>>> So here is a call to the voting committee [1] to decide on the following >>>>> two questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Should libNDI support be removed from the ffmpeg codebase? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for the votes, I counted 9 yes, 5 no, so majority is for removal of >>>> libNDI, which is already done. >>> >>> The vote was not about the removal from libndi from release branches? >> >> No, features on releases are frozen, as changing them can result in >> breakages for distros and package managers. > > We have broken distros and packages before, we would not break it > in this case;-)
We would. Distros and scripts would be broken, and it would not be pretty. > >> We have removed tons of >> libraries before and it's always limited to git master. > > None of them had to be removed because the authors chose to > violate our copyright (and refused to fix the copyright violation) > so we decided to stop endorsing them. If you feel strong about it, and if you think it justifies breaking releases and pissing off distros and package managers handling half a decade old well tested LTS releases, you can start a vote to remove it from releases. Seeing the outcome of the above vote, i wouldn't be surprised if such a vote gets a positive result as well. > >> The vote was to make the removal official > > Sorry, but I find this interpretation extremely difficult from the quote > above, I think "Also the removal of libNDI happened without general consensus, so a vote is necessary to justify the removal." is pretty clear with its usage of words like "happened". _______________________________________________ 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".