[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]download: Fix the release link

Michael Niedermayer michael at niedermayer.cc
Thu Mar 28 21:52:38 EET 2019


On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 06:47:52PM +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> 2019-03-28 18:31 GMT+01:00, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>:
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 12:00:39PM +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> 
> >> -      <small>ffmpeg-4.1.2.tar.bz2</small>
> >> +      <small>ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2</small>
> >
> > Iam not sure if this is wise. This would increase the burden
> > for security fixes because now any fix to a bug in no release
> > can be ignored. But if distros would ship random master
> > checkouts everything even if its fixed an hour later could
> > be relevant to some distribution
> 
> This link will not affect any distribution, only users who need a
> quick download (and report an issue afterwards).

maybe there should be a button for downloading the latest release
and the latest snapshot side by side

and certainly i see your point but users downloading the latest snapshot
still will not have the latest when they report a bug. So iam not
sure this would actually help. Many if not most people still would
have to go and re-download

also if release and snapshot differ much its probably time for a new
major release ...
not saying that makes your argument less relevant but more saying
that i think we should probably make a new major release ...

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