Hi It was suggested in the IRC meeting today that i start a vote to resolve if AVClass & AVOption should be added to AVCodecParameters This question needs to be awnsered before the next release because the ABI would be broken if its added afterwards the lack of any decission blocks the release which is worse than either decission, otherwise a vote might be silly for such technical question but eve a bad decission is better than no decission here
The disadvanatges are: 1 more field in the struct a high level API that some feel is unneeded for AVCodecParameters it could be confusing to some that there are 2 different ways to access the fields people might use it as av_log() context when they intended to use a different context for it There are probably more please help fill the list if you know more The advanatges are: More consistent availability of AVOptions and AVClass in public structs Makes supporting multiple FFmpeg versions and distros easier and cleaner for applications. (reduces lists of #if version checks) Provides default/min/max values, allows basic validity checking within min/max Avoids mysterious crashes if an application uses avoption functions on AVCodecParameters Introspection Serialization support that may be usefull for ffserver or an application replacing ffserver An application that doesnt want to use AVOptions or AVClass can completey ignore them. Please state clearly if you agree to add AVClass&AVOption to AVCodecParameters or if you disagree about adding it or if you dont care either way The vote will end 1 week from now, simple 50% majority (Yes vs no) I dont really know who should be eligible for voting, so i suggest everyone from the vote comittee but iam happy with anything, just stating somethng ... -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB If a bugfix only changes things apparently unrelated to the bug with no further explanation, that is a good sign that the bugfix is wrong.
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