On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 1:32 AM, Michael Niedermayer <mich...@niedermayer.cc> 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 do not think they are useful or needed, so a "no" from me. - Hendrik _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
