[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] fftools/cmdutils: don't print build configuration by default

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 8/7/2021 5:13 PM, James Almer wrote:
> It's just to reduce the amount of information printed by default. Most 
> command line utilities don't bother showing build time configuration 
> options outside of --version or --help output, if at all.
> And the string is obviously in the binary (duplicated on every library 
> at that), so it's not about hiding anything.

I'm going to have to say this is actually negative value, and say I dislike it.

I find it quite useful to print by default, in terms of debugging, finding
issues in logs, etc.

It also means (as noted elsewhere) that bug reports no longer include this
info by default.

So, I'm going to have to say this is not a good enough reason, in my opinion.

> I made the latest version print it on verbose level or higher (and 
> always with --version), which may be preferable. But i nonetheless don't 
> have a strong opinion about this change.

See above.

- Derek