[FFmpeg-cvslog] r11225 - trunk/libavformat/avformat.h

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 01:04:24AM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:38:05PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 12:34:05PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:53:07AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > "Dont" may be as readable to you as "do not" and maybe it is to others
> > > > that have gotten used to reading your prose, but it sure does not extend
> > > > to the general case.  Especially not to people with poor English skill.
> > > > Unfortunately most readers are not native speakers and have to struggle
> > > > quite a bit to understand even good written English.
> > > 
> > > then why is it that you and mans are the only ones complaining?
> > > i dont remember anyone with poor english skill ever complaining. its
> > > rather the opposite the ones with good skill complain ...
> > > it gives one the feeling that good skill is needed to notice such
> > > errors and that comprehensibility isnt part of it ...
> > 
> > Now that others have spoken it should be clear that good skill is not
> > required to notice such errors.
> 
> whom of thouse who spoke up lacks good english skill?

Reimar clearly said he finds your style hard to understand.  Dunno what
you consider good English skill, Reimar is clearly not excellent nor
bad.

> > Somehow it all went downhill from there since we're all so prone to
> > flamage.  I'll try to be more explicit about what I would and would not
> > like to achieve now.
> > 
> > What I would like to see are simple things that should not require any
> > real effort from your side:
> > 
> > - Capitalize the first word of a sentence.
> > - End each sentence with a period.
> > - Try to use commas where appropriate.
> > - Drop the weird contractions you are so fond of (theres, isnt, dont, ..).
> >   This could easily be done by using long forms, which are better style.
> > - Avoid a handful of your most common typos (misSunderstand, gUrantee,
> >   grammEr, succeS, visSual, immedIATEly, spaTial, ..), I could make a
> >   list if you want.
> > 
> > Note that this would take your English to an entirely new level without
> > much work.  I do not expect or request perfection or going out of your
> > way to address these issues, just a modicum of effort.
> 
> ill try

Thank you.

Diego