On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM Mark Filipak <markfilipak.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29/05/2025 12.21, Paul B Mahol wrote: > > On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM Carl Zwanzig <c...@tuunq.com> wrote: > > > >> On 5/28/2025 9:33 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > >>> On 29/05/2025 00.26, Carl Zwanzig wrote: > >>>> On 5/28/2025 2:37 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > Somebody (unknown) wrote: > >>>> Nope, it's your assertion (to reuse), you defend it. > >>> I have nothing to defend. > >> > >> Then your assertions are without merit. > >> > >>>> Experience tells us that name reuse for different functionality does > >>>> not end well. > >>> What about for the same functionality? as is the case here. > >> (That was not stated in the original, the opposite was implied.) > >> > >> Then it's not reusing the name, is it? (It is not.) > > Yes, it is reusing the name. Let me cite a case: > Suppose I were to create a new 'detelecine' filter. > Suppose I incorporated all the options that the current 'detelecine' > filter uses so that existing > scripts continue to work. > Suppose that my new 'detelecine' filter incorporates new options not found > in the current > 'detelecine' filter. > That's a new filter that reuses the old filter's name > > >>>> As for "it ought to be documented", then get with it; > >>> How? > >> > >> That was in the same paragraph as your excerpt. > > ? > > >>>> ffmpeg is open source- you can download the source, make patches, > >>> Get serious. > >> > >> I was and am quite serious, why do you think otherwise? _You_ are the > >> one who wants doc changes but appear unwilling to even lift a finger to > >> help with that. Heck, you don't even make suggestions of what text to > >> change or what they should say. > > > > This! > > ? > > I can't "make patches". I'm not a 'C' programmer. > But you can write electronic mails. Just write here what should be changed and/or added in documentation. > _______________________________________________ > 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".
