On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 9:37 PM Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> wrote:
> Vittorio Giovara (12023-09-21): > > So this is an example of accusatory tone - discrediting the previous > author > > in order to make your arguments have more weight. It's a bad move and > > easily spottable, you should argue with better elements at your disposal, > > not by claiming that I don't package software or don't contribute to > > libavfilter. > > You are misunderstanding my point completely, I am not accusing you of > anything, I am merely using you as an example to show how your argument > is flawed. > > I can take myself as an example instead, if you like it better: > > How much did *I* contribute to hardware acceleration? Zero! > > How much did *I* contribute to assembly optimization? Zero! > > How much do *I* intend to contribute to hardware acceleration? Zero! > > But now, however much I would like to, especially in libavfilter, I > refrain from objecting to new features of hardware acceleration. > > Because I can make the difference between the things that benefit me and > the things that are useful to many users and therefore good for the > project. > > FFmpeg is made a of a lot of parts that are often very independent. That > is on purpose: that way, if somebody is not interested in a part, they > can just ignore it and let others work on it. > > And that is exactly what I am asking you to do: > > Just ignore SDR and let Michael work on it. > > SDR costs NOTHING except Michael's time, and Michael's time is his own > to spend. For the rest of us, the grounds for objecting are the same > NOTHING. > SDR API is not trivial and inclusion of it with all its features and components is not trivial inside FFmpeg libraries. > > > opinion on this release still stands: either a release with everything > or a > > release without the contentious piece of code, but not both. It's > confusing > > to the end users, and shows lack of direction of the project. > > On this we agree, making a second release without the feature just some > people object to it would be a waste of Michael's time. > > -- > Nicolas George > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
