[FFmpeg-soc] [RFC] libavfilter AVFilter structure

[Vitor Sessak]

Hi

Bobby Bingham wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:16:23 +0100
> Vitor Sessak <vitor1001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>> Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I'd like to raise a question concerning AVFilter structure:
>>> Is "author" field in the struct really needed/wanted ?
>> I found it funny also when I first saw it, but I forgot to ask Bobby.
>> I think it comes in inspiration from mplayer filter framework (that
>> maybe was inspired in gimp filters that probably was inspired in
>> photoshop filters...).
>>
>>> I find it useless because authors' names should be in the header of
>>> the code source.
>> Personally, it doesn't annoy me, but I know FFmpeg official instance 
>> about inclusion of anything useless :-)
> 
> Yes, it comes from mplayer's filters.  I'm not opposed to removing it.

Gone.

-Vitor