[FFmpeg-soc] [RFC] libavfilter AVFilter structure

[Robert Swain]

Hello,

On 11/02/2008, Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier at smartjog.com> wrote:
> I'd like to raise a question concerning AVFilter structure:
> Is "author" field in the struct really needed/wanted ?

I also thought this was strange. Is there any good reason for it Bobby, Vitor?

> I find it useless because authors' names should be in the header of the
> code source.

Unless the field actually needs to be used by some code somewhere...?
Maybe the idea was that it could be used to present filter author
information in some application using lavfi. I'm not really sure why
that would be necessary though.

> Am I the only one thinking that ? I think this should be addressed if
> needed before the API goes into svn.

You aren't, but I was thinking maybe it has some use that I'm overlooking. :)

Rob