On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 01:07:45PM -0700, Carl Zwanzig wrote: > On 9/29/2020 12:43 PM, Paul B Mahol wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:26:20AM -0400, Mark Filipak (ffmpeg) wrote: > > > And thanks for that. So, ffmpeg really is a Tower of Babel, eh? That does > > > not seem wise to me. That seems like a great way to generate bugs in > > > addition to confusion. > > > Now if that is not trolling out of pure ignorance I dunno what is. > > Actually, it sounds like it might be an accurate representation of the > entire codebase. Cryptic code without explanations _is_ a good way to cause > bugs, at least that's my experience (which goes back a fair ways).
It is cryptic only for ignorant folks. But ignornat folks should not be here at all, because they are, guess what, ignorant. > > That said, as with many systems which evolve over time, the interfaces and > understandings morph although the explanations often don't. And when there > isn't a single entity (is there?) to direct the process and a single > cohesive view of how things should go, chaos happens. One example was a > while ago when someone suggested that a specific option was not consistent > with other related ones- the great hew and cry was "WE CAN"T CHANGE THAT!!!" > instead of "Hmm, it might make more sense to change this one for > consistency's sake, yes, it'll break some older usages, but it'll be more > logical in general." > > > > I'm really asking mysefl why are there still people feeding this poor troll. > > Because he's contributing to the overall knowledge? A lot of things are > being described that I've found to be quite useful and _should_ be part of > the overall documentation, be it in code comments or separate files. > > A note to Mark F.- > If you refuse to try understanding even the basics of 'c', which shouldn't > be that difficult to anyone who has ever programmed, you're holding yourself > back. > > z! > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
