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

[Rafaël Carré]

Le 25/01/2013 11:28, Rémi Denis-Courmont a écrit :
> 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.

Sorry but it's not clear at all to me what you are saying.

Is the whole FFmpeg/libav situation fucked up? yes.

Do we do our best to handle the situation? I think so.

If those macros end up breaking over time then we'll advise what to do
but afaik this will do for the moment.
(Unless there is an error in this commit that I didn't see)