Quoting Andreas Cadhalpun (2016-01-21 23:03:25)
> On 20.01.2016 13:42, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > It is of very limited usefulness and is a source of important security
> > problems.
> > 
> > Bug-Id: CVE-2016-1897
> > Bug-Id: CVE-2016-1898
> > ---
> >  Changelog                |   1 +
> >  doc/protocols.texi       |  26 -------
> >  libavformat/Makefile     |   1 -
> >  libavformat/allformats.c |   1 -
> >  libavformat/concat.c     | 191 
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >  5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 219 deletions(-)
> >  delete mode 100644 libavformat/concat.c
> 
> Why not fix the issue properly instead of removing useful functionality?
> 
> Removing this protocol doesn't fix the underlying problem, so another
> protocol, which might be added at some point in the future, could
> expose the same vulnerabilities.

Just so it's clear what we're talking about, what is "properly" for you?
And what do you see as "the underlying problem"?

-- 
Anton Khirnov
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