[FFmpeg-user] About trac (bug reporting)

[Mark Filipak]

On 18/06/2024 12.03, Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 10:22 AM Mark Filipak <markfilipak.imdb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 18/06/2024 11.16, Greg Oliver wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 9:45 AM Mark Filipak <markfilipak.imdb at gmail.com
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> MasterQuestionable appears to be the boss of trac. I don't know whether
>>>> MasterQuestionable is a
>>>> person or a group. The language from MasterQuestionable is as one would
>>>> find in a chat among peers
>>>> (i.e., developers) who come into the chat with a wealth of experience
>> and
>>>> a common language and a
>>>> particular viewpoint. The language is extremely terse and hard to
>> follow.
>>>> MasterQuestionable assumes
>>>> I know what I'm doing and that I know what's on-track and what's not
>>>> on-track.
>>>>
>>>> There needs to be a triage facility between ffmpeg-user and trac in
>> which
>>>> ideas are discussed,
>>>> problems are thought out, and good problem statements are formulated.
>> The
>>>> triage needs to be led by
>>>> senior users (volunteers) who have been around here a while.
>>>>
>>>> MasterQuestionable is expending much time and energy mentoring me
>> because
>>>> I have not been prepared.
>>>> That's wasting MasterQuestionable's time that could be better spent.
>>>>
>>>> Think of trac as an operating room. Think of triage-to-trac as prepping
>>>> the patient for surgery.
>>>> That prep does not occur in the operating room.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> You should join this list and send these inquiries there..
>>>
>>> https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
>>
>> That is not the appropriate place:
>> "[ffmpeg-devel] is about FFmpeg development discussions and patch
>> submissions"
>>
> 
> Hmmmm..  Are you not trying to get a (as you call it) "bug" fixed?

Ah. You see, this topic has nothing to do with ticket 11055 in trac -- that's why this is a differnt 
topic. Ticket 11055 is being attended to and we can all hopefully look forward to reliable utility 
and '-ss' performance and fewer (bogus) "non-monotonically increasing DTS" errors.

> You keep asking for developer support on this (user) list,

I have never done that. You are not paying attention. That's only natural if you're not interested 
in the subject.