Lou, Thilo, Nicolas:
Thank you for the replies.
I'm subscribed to ffmpeg-devel now. I'll be back with documentation
patches (one FAQ, one about submitting patches and subscribing to the
ffmpeg-devel list) once I have a chance to clone the repo and see how
building the docs works.
Your replies have done a good job of sketching out what an improvement
to the docs on submitting patches and subscribing to the ffmpeg-devel
list might say.
On 2017-11-05 12:37, Nicolas George wrote:
The comments on your patch will be posted to the mailing-list. You need
to read them.
On 2017-11-05 15:18, Nicolas George wrote:
Thanks for pointing it out, Jim. We'd appreciate it and welcome you to propose
a patch for updating the corresponding docs.
Fact is, that it is in most cases of the author's best interest do participate
in a following review and therefore subscription to the mailing list is highly
recommended for that purpose like Nicolas pointed out.
However, if it really is in the authors intention, it is better to post a
possible patch without caring about its future instead of not to post that
patch at all. I think it should already be documented that it is appreciated
but not necessary to use a real name for contributing.
On 2017-11-06 15:13, Lou Logan wrote:
Hi,
On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 21:52:28 -0700
Jim DeLaHunt <from.ffm...@jdlh.com> wrote:
Hello, ffmpeg developers:
I'm gearing up to submit a patch, adding an FAQ to the documentation.
According to <http://ffmpeg.org/developer.html#Submitting-patches>,
"Patches should be posted to the ffmpeg-devel
<https://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel> mailing list."
But neither that section, nor the ffmpeg-devel list information at
<https://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel> is clear about
whether one must be subscribed to the list in order to post to it.
No, you do not need to be subscribed to any mailing list to send a
message or a patch.
However:
* You will not directly receive replies unless you ask to be CCd (and
replying users will occasionally forget to do so).
* Your messages will remain in the moderation queue until a mailing
list admin manually approves it which usually occurs once or twice a
day but sometimes longer.
Although it is not necessary to do so it is recommended to subscribe
when submitting patches for these reasons. The volume of messages may be
considered to be high, but filtering the messages by List-Id is
effective in filtering them to a dedicated location. You can always
unsubscribe or disable receiving messages once your patch has been
accepted.
If you still do not want to subscribe you can always view messages and
reply via the archives:
<https://ffmpeg.org/mailing-list-faq.html#How-do-I-reply-to-a-message-in-the-archives_003f>
Speaking of which, I CCd you but others who have replied may not have
so see the archives for their replies:
<https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2017-November/219198.html>
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