[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH V5 3/5] libavutil: add side data AV_FRAME_DATA_BOUNDING_BOXES

[Anton Khirnov]

Quoting Nicolas George (2021-03-08 16:32:08)
> Anton Khirnov (12021-03-08):
> > I see no reason to believe the format will become more public-worthy
> > with time.
> 
> Just the fact that as months pass, the likelihood we notice something
> that requires a deep change decreases.
> 

As does the likelihood that anybody will actually do any work to polish
this.

> Do you have any actual argument against internal side data, beyond "I do
> not like it"?

The argument for internal side data is literally that it's not good
enough to be made public. So the option of making it private is used as
an excuse to avoid designing the format properly.
Lavfi is enough of a black box as it is, no need to make it even more so
with internal side data formats.

-- 
Anton Khirnov