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

[James Almer]

On 8/7/2021 1:17 PM, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> 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.

Bug reports are usually required to use debug loglevel, so they should 
not be affected with the latest version.

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

Alright.

> 
>> 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
> 
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