[FFmpeg-devel] Accurately describing ffmpeg-cvslog list [was: Re: [PATCH] Refactor Developer Docs, update dev list section (v2)]

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

2017-11-26 22:57 GMT+01:00 Jim DeLaHunt <from.ffmpeg-dev at jdlh.com>:
> On 2017-11-26 03:42, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>
>> 2017-11-26 9:31 GMT+01:00 Jim DeLaHunt <from.ffmpeg-dev at jdlh.com>:
>> [...]
>>>
>>> +
>>>   @subheading Subscribe to the ffmpeg-cvslog mailing list.
>>> -It is important to do this as the diffs of all commits are sent there
>>> and
>>> -reviewed by all the other developers. Bugs and possible improvements or
>>> -general questions regarding commits are discussed there. We expect you
>>> to
>>> -react if problems with your code are uncovered.
>>> +Diffs of all commits are sent to the
>>> + at uref{https://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-cvslog,
>>> ffmpeg-cvslog}
>>> +mailing list. Some developers read this list to review all code base
>>> changes
>>> +from all sources. Subscribing to this list is not mandatory, if
>>> +all you want to do is submit a patch here and there.
>>
>> I am (still) against this change.
>
>
> OK, what specifically are you against?  More important, what are you in
> favour of?

I have no issue with the current text.

If you believe that it is unclear that there is a difference between an
occasional contributor (who most likely would not read -devel nor
-cvslog) and a committer (who is supposed to read -cvslog), then
maybe a patch is useful.

I believe the difference could be considered common sense.

Carl Eugen