[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] replace some static with asm_visibility or so

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 07:49:20PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 05:59:29PM +0000, Robert Swain wrote:
> > On 28/01/2008, Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 03:22:53PM +0000, Robert Swain wrote:
> > 
> > > > We're adults, not children, we don't need to bitch back and
> > > > forth to resolve something.
> > >
> > > Well, why does this somehow not match my memory of the behavior of some
> > > people here ...
> > 
> > That kind of comment pokes the embers and can makes things worse. I
> > made that statement in an attempt to get through to people that we
> > _are_ adults regardless of what discussions of happened and gone
> > astray in the past. Just because we're volunteers (or otherwise)
> > doesn't mean we should devolve into petty, non-productive squabbles
> > all the time. We all want the same thing - to make FFmpeg awesomer. :)
> 
> I see a boring and gray future for the ffmpeg project. How long until
> we reply like:
> "Sir, iam very sorry and iam deeply embarrased but i think we will have
>  to remove this hidden backdoor before we commit your patch. But dont fear
>  i can assure you that no work on your part will be needed. We will do
>  whatever is needed to correct that part which we feel is problematic to
>  us."
> Somehow i think we are getting old, developemnt will cease and ffmpeg will
> die or turn into a unmaintainable bloated mess maintained by ......
> who are too affraid to say what they think and thus let bad patches and
> commits into svn. Feeling uncomfortable to voice their concerns ...
> 
> I much prefer if someone tells me iam a retard who cant code while pointing
> at a serious bug or design issue. Than having such issue stay unnoticed ...

Are you trying to say that issues will stay unnoticed or unfixed without
rude treatment?  This is preposterous.

Diego