[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ipfsgateway: Remove default gateway
Derek Buitenhuis
derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com
Fri Aug 12 01:51:37 EEST 2022
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
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