On 5/29/2016 5:45 PM, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Marton Balint <c...@passwd.hu> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, 29 May 2016, Michael Niedermayer 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 am in favor of adding AVClass. > > > You're not in the list [1]? > > Ronald > > [1] https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2015-October/182207.html
At least one the person in the list has apparently left the project, so maybe we could suggest adding recurrent contributors like Marton and Thilo. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
