[MPlayer-cvslog] r26975 - trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 05:38:32AM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 02:22:54AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 06:58:49PM +0200, michael wrote:
> > > 
> > > Log:
> > > List more actions which have proofen controversal in the past.
> > > 
> > > --- trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt	(original)
> > > +++ trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt	Tue Jun  3 18:58:49 2008
> > > @@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ II. POLICY / RULES:
> > >       - use of internal or external libraries
> > >       - reverting commits from other developers
> > > +     - making the spelling of words consistant without actually correcting
> > > +       any spelling errors.
> > 
> > I disagree.  This has been done many times in the past without a single
> > problem cropping up.  It's only ever been a problem when a certain
> > person was involved.
> 
> This is not exactly true, mans complained about the index/indices change
> in ffmpeg and i was not truly happy about it either.

Very reasonable people like Mans and Ramiro spoke up in very reasonable
ways.  Their comments have been noted for the future, problem solved.

Note that this is MPlayer, not FFmpeg.

> Besides even after the flamefest, i still honestly do not know if its now
> XviD or Xvid that is the proper spelling. I think this part should be
> discussed more instead of the "iam correct you are wrong pisscontest".

The last thing we need is another bikeshed discussion, much less with
Ivan where it will surely degenerate into flames.  And there is no
pissing contest going on here.  I already said that I don't care
which way it gets spelled as long as it is consistent.

Diego