[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Revert "doc/developer: Basic documentation for Source Plugins" (PR #20213)

* [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Revert "doc/developer: Basic documentation for Source Plugins" (PR #20213)
@ 2025-08-11 10:55 Lynne
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From: Lynne @ 2025-08-11 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
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PR #20213 opened by Lynne
URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/20213
Patch URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/20213.patch

This reverts commit 67320e0627a3b0210794c8f58e3e6acceb074b5c.

We do not want random forks or features.


From 85e8e590015e918462031cac21c9c5862a1776b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lynne <dev@lynne.ee>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:53:28 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "doc/developer: Basic documentation for Source
 Plugins"

This reverts commit 67320e0627a3b0210794c8f58e3e6acceb074b5c.

We do not want random forks or features.
---
 doc/developer.texi | 32 --------------------------------
 1 file changed, 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index e346c7b57a..10a2de00df 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -1142,36 +1142,4 @@ Publish the news entry.
 Send an announcement to the mailing list.
 @end enumerate
 
-@anchor{Source Plugins}
-@chapter Source Plugins
-
-@section What are Source Plugins
-
-Source plugins are a way to maintain features outside FFmpeg.
-
-Each is basically an automatically mergable git fork of FFmpeg.
-
-@section Checklist to be listed in merge-all-source-plugins
-
-@enumerate
-@item
-Supporting master and the latest release branch (with security fixes, when vulnerabilities are discovered)
-Supporting older release branches is optional.
-
-@item
-under LGPL or GPL license (that is a compatible Free software license)
-and adds the needed dependancy to the --enable-gpl switch if its GPL.
-@end enumerate
-
-@section How to make a Source Plugin
-
-To be automatically mergable it is important to keep all changes clean and well separated.
-If you want to create a new source plugin, look at an existing one, or simply fork FFmpeg,
-name the repository "sourceplugin-..." and add it to tools/merge-all-source-plugins
-and try running it. Also check that it works with the latest releases.
-
-@section merge Source Plugins
-
-tools/merge-all-source-plugins
-
 @bye
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2.49.1

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