From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org [79.124.17.100]) by master.gitmailbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 270DD4598A for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2023 18:54:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB0BB68C51D; Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:54:17 +0300 (EEST) Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef2.ens.fr [129.199.96.40]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DED468C16B for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:54:10 +0300 (EEST) X-ENS-nef-client: 129.199.129.80 ( name = phare.normalesup.org ) Received: from phare.normalesup.org (phare.normalesup.org [129.199.129.80]) by nef.ens.fr (8.14.4/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id 36UIs9Ws031489 for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:54:09 +0200 Received: by phare.normalesup.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9EEFDEB5B7; Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:54:09 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:54:09 +0200 From: Nicolas George To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]); Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:54:09 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] What is FFmpeg and what should it be X-BeenThere: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: FFmpeg development discussions and patches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7241795104358424414==" Errors-To: ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org Sender: "ffmpeg-devel" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: --===============7241795104358424414== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6G+2OpXK7oz+VB8H" Content-Disposition: inline --6G+2OpXK7oz+VB8H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kieran Kunhya (12023-07-30): > I plan to write a more detailed response to Nicolas' email. However, > this response is superb because it immediately points out the flaw in > the arguments. Users will not tolerate "incomplete" features, they > will always want their edge case (packet capture replay) to work. This > is Open Source, there are no product managers and roadmaps to > constrain user requests so we have to decide as a community what is in > scope and what is not. =E2=80=9CPatch welcome.=E2=80=9D And IF it becomes too big, we can discuss splitting it into a separate library. But as long as a new feature doesn't metastasize into the common code, as long as it stays optional, there is no ground to oppose it, imaginary =E2=80=9Cscope=E2=80=9D or not. Regards, --=20 Nicolas George --6G+2OpXK7oz+VB8H Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEE6ooRQGBoNzw0KnwPcZVLI8pNxgwFAmTGsc8ACgkQcZVLI8pN xgwhBQ//cy9WrpiHZwYUtA5hsqodkwt8PcYFRhN1Rzl9rbcBRYPyolF36FkVcAZV ymJxgxJ+sB/9Rr5g7lTfA301EQYKIgb/gx3KiP5/ntOYtO3mluYhBodMTWNIShCo jRsbmxGlbPvSuZ9FuOX5YDV7AanlQ8XCcVhW6PODQDdXgMg+qkK/CsIeZd32YFRS 54PMutzoO4b5tuVc6rQ53EPVlsJY0DWdhHNaGM7D9nTqpmGokpn+fv/v2SwlW/gy 9EM69LmQ6bCIgXhgwB5NQkGzAeMnhvCJbQylCoSr/tUlTOM9BdnL7+0svPTOo8Kx RfQ8iypUIwKOybULQaXg/0N+towjJ3zvQ2knf4s67B5Z2vGna8yEGc1TCvTw6vaN iDHjy7zFIbxFVJ96fYujOuuOh3PVgTPdcP6D6xaSo8EfazQz4V4qL+9D72/tQPMz IzQNFzKP+fKXUeFhL+BeHK/TurBFPLyODS+b2PkyMUQGU9nwGnxL9rSOqsKeA91o NIyhGeZYj52jNRTIoF8P4y3qqNMGjDbnuKKK7FI5nvEK+c8J55MfyNWNx2rMjYlP PO+C/pWopN7g799BbxcMod/3zoI0rurtx2zqtNrqqU6Lh04jy+nIoZf8rMWx0ar5 eyT1VFwrn84DAaNLNHPybFej5gHZ7TQHmLVVN8AVntcS/iWtyAE= =Z4RR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6G+2OpXK7oz+VB8H-- --===============7241795104358424414== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-request@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". --===============7241795104358424414==--