Hi, On May 29, 2016 4:59 PM, "James Almer" <jamr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 5/29/2016 5:45 PM, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Marton Balint <c...@passwd.hu> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Sun, 29 May 2016, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > >> > >> 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 ... > >>> > >> > >> I am in favor of adding AVClass. > > > > > > You're not in the list [1]? > > > > Ronald > > > > [1] https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2015-October/182207.html > > At least one the person in the list has apparently left the project, so maybe > we could suggest adding recurrent contributors like Marton and Thilo.
Probably, yes. Is it just Thilo or are others missing also? What were the criteria again? Ronald _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
