[MPlayer-cvslog] r25521 - trunk/libmpdemux/demux_ogg.c

[Compn]

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:45:15 -0500, Rich Felker wrote:

>On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 08:29:14PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>> Hello,
>> On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 10:03:57PM -0500, Compn wrote:
>> > On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:39:30 +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>> [...]
>> > >Firstly, this is not really my code so I mostly restrict myself to
>> > >things I expect no discussion about.
>> > 
>> > looking at svn log ... looks like only you , nico, dalias , uau and
>> > some outside patches have been comitted in the last 2 years.
>> > 
>> > has anyone seen moritz lately? did he leave or too busy for mplayer
>> > development?
>> > 
>> > is demux_ogg unmaintained? i know most devs hate ogg stuff.
>> 
>> Moritz still answers if CCed, and I mostly got permission to mess
>> with demux_ogg as I want, but I still don't want to overdo it right
>> now (thus the "not really my code".
>> Not to mention that I don't want it to be "my code" - so if someone
>> wants to take it over actively please speak up, I don't think Moritz
>> would object.
>
>If anyone wants to step up they should instead fix deficiencies in the
>lavf ogg demuxer. demux_ogg.c is slated for deprecation as soon as the
>missing things in lavf are fixed.

maybe a note should be placed in the demuxers which are being
depreciated. so future patch submitters can fix up LAVF instead.
or in MAINTAINERS file etc.

i forsee an email exchange:
[PATCH] some feature for X demuxer
rejected, X demuxer is depreciated, fix up Y demuxer instead

-compn