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

[Ivan Kalvachev]

On 6/4/08, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> 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.

So you don't mind if I turn all Xvid into XviD?
Problem solved.