[FFmpeg-cvslog] r21073 - trunk/libavfilter/avfilter.h

Baptiste Coudurier baptiste.coudurier
Fri Jan 8 02:49:03 CET 2010


On 01/07/2010 05:45 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 01:42:22AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 12:02:11AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
>>> On date Thursday 2010-01-07 23:57:33 +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:44:33PM +0100, stefano wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Log:
>>>>> Fix doxy, use third person.
>>>>
>>>> I made up my mind, I hate it.
>>>
>>> That was discussed long time ago, and we decided to comply with
>>> JavaDoc recommendations.
>>
>> I faintly remember something, but I never liked it in the first place.
>>
>> I just compared POSIX docs and looked at a few random man pages.  The
>> former is completely written in nonpersonal form, the latter mostly.
>>
>>> That said, if you want to convert each doxy
>>> to impersonal form I won't object - my only request is to keep it
>>> consistent - but that would be higly wasted time I think.
>>
>> We have more doxy in non-third-person form than the other way around.
>> So the wasted time is being spent on making things less consistent
>> right now.  But let's leave this aside for now.
>>
>> I've just asked around on IRC, a majority of native speakers agrees
>> with me.
>
> A vote should be done on the ML and not exclude any developers
> my oppinon is that i prefer 3rd person

I agree a vote should be done on the ML.

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