[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ipfsgateway: Remove default gateway

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 8/11/2022 11:03 PM, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> Any kind of built in hardcoded server is not acceptable imo.
> Even with it pointing to our own infrastructure, we can't really 
> guarantee its availability, specially should the protocol gain traction 
> and heavy use.

I agree... we should never send a users data through *any* service they
haven't explicitly asked for. Ever. Regardless of who runs it and who
is deemed "trustworthy".

> The patch wasn't on my radar at all. I had assumed it was actually 
> implementing IPFS in some fashion.

Yes, I had assumed the same too, and thus wasn't following the sets
at all.

As it exists right now though, I don't really see why lavf needs what
amounts to a URL builder for a service as a "protocol" - this totally
the wrong layer to do that at...

- Derek