On 13.09.2016 21:01, Diego Biurrun wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 05:47:12PM +0200, Markus Koschany wrote: [...] > I think there is a misunderstanding here, so let me explain: > > 1) I've been using Debian for 15+ years now and I understand the policy > for package updates that go into stable: only fixes for security and > data loss or similarly catastrophic issues. > > 2) Libav has a similar policy for releases: no features, bug fixes only. > > 3) The 0.8 release was done on 2013-01-21 and it is not supported in any > way any longer, the last point release was done 1.5 years ago. The only > changes done to that branch are done by me. Nobody else touches it > currently. Nor will anybody in the future, maintaining (what feels like) > stone age releases is not what we consider a fun task. > > Summary: I believe we are completely on the same page here. The changes > I am making to our 0.8 branch not only fit your criteria completely, > they are done specifically for you. Doing my work upstream has the added > benefit of avoiding distro-specific patches, which is always good. Also, > there is the odd chance that a handful of other people or distros do use > that old release still and will benefit from those bug fixes. > Great. I didn't know that you were able to do libav releases as a "mere" committer. If the new release manifests as described above, then we are definitely on the same page. Regards, Markus
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