[Ffmpeg-devel] About swscale

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 12:12:14AM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote:
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> > > I think leaving swscale in mplayer and making it external in ffmpeg
> > > would cause problems. MPlayer would then have two copies of swscale (the
> > > "real", probably unused where it is, implementation somewhere and then a
> > > copy under its external ffmpeg).
> > 
> > no, mplayer doesnt have ffmpeg.c either, neither does it have the vhook
> > directory
> 
> Ok there doesn't need to be another copy if the location in FFmpeg is
> not under anything that would be included in MPlayer for other reasons.
> That still leaves practical problems with external directories. FFmpeg
> commits could not change the swscale files. 

are you trying to say a commit libswscale/abc libavcodec/xyz will fail?
if so, i doubt thats true and if it is its a bug/limitation in svn and
should be dealt with accordingly (=bugreport)


> swscale changes would not
> appear in the FFmpeg history.

if there are no changes in ffmpeg then theres little need for them to appear
there as a change of the revision number ...


> Specifying an FFmpeg version with a
> revision would not include swscale.

same as with mplayer and lavc/lavf, or even all external libs mplayer uses


> Would the swscale files be supposed
> to follow the FFmpeg coding style even if they're in the MPlayer
> repository?

IMO thats irrelevant


> 
> > > Just adding the files to ffmpeg without previous history and making sure
> > > the history is readily accessible elsewhere might be the most practical
> > > solution.
> > 
> > iam against that and that decission is final
> 
> What are your requirements for an acceptable solution? I get the feeling

first requirement: leave me out of this idiotic disscussion
second: distort the history as little as possible

moving sws into ffmpeg will either destroy the date/time of the past
swscale changes or distort the revision numbers

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