[vlc-devel] [vlc-commits] Add LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_CHECK (based on LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK)

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le vendredi 25 janvier 2013 12:15:55, Rafaël Carré a écrit :
> Le 25/01/2013 11:14, Rémi Denis-Courmont a écrit :
> > Le vendredi 25 janvier 2013 12:09:45, Rafaël Carré a écrit :
> >>> FFmpeg versioning is just totally broken. When you set yourself up as a
> >>> downstream, you have to use *separate* version numbers. Patching
> >>> upstream's number cannot work.
> >> 
> >> No patching at all is done, Michael uses MICRO number >= 100 in all
> >> FFmpeg libraries
> > 
> > If the version numbers are not patched, then how can they be different?
> > Duh...
> 
> They are different in upstream

That sentence, whilst possibly correct grammatically, does not make sense. 

The version numbers are different because FFmpeg patches them from libav, and 
wrongly so.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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