On Sat, Jul 6, 2024 at 11:44 AM Stefano Sabatini <stefa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On date Tuesday 2024-07-02 10:08:37 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > > Some notes about this version: > > > > As previously mentioned, I think this is better with all three patches, > > but can live without #2. > > > > I think I've followed the deprecation instructions, but editing > APIchanges > > seems to imply needing a minor version bump? This patch includes said > bump. > > > > > Zhao Zhili argued this bothers users for too little benefit - > > I'd argue it's beneficial to confirm they haven't misused this feature > > in a way that causes bugs in their code, but the old deprecation message > > didn't make that clear enough. This version rephrases the @deprecated > message > > to speak directly to the maintainer. > > I agree the rename is a net improvement in the long term, giving that > this will remove the developer cognitive load and possibly mistakes > due to the misleading name, while the effort required to make the > mechanical rename should be rather small - also there is no evidence > that users are really using this API in their application code so > probably the overall effort is close to zero in this case and it is > only benefits the developers. > > While I agree with Anton that we should avoid duplication, for the > usual arguments that a reference should avoid duplication of content > as much as possible, which inevitably leads to inconsistent content > when it is updated partially, leading to inconsistent information. > Pointless and utterly stupid rename, its much more text to type too. > _______________________________________________ > 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".
