[MPlayer-dev-eng] [POLICY] clarify conditions for functionality removal

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Sunday, 05 February 2006 at 14:42, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> We have the following paragraph in our policy that forbids removing
> functionality from the code:
> 
> 4. Do not change behavior of the program (renaming options etc) without
>    first discussing it on the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list. Do not
>    remove functionality from the code. Just improve!
> 
> I think this needs to be revisited.  Removing functionality can make
> sense in certain cases (MHz counter anyone?) and should be allowed under
> certain conditions.  I therefore propose updating the policy to read:
> 
> 4. Do not change behavior of the program (renaming options etc) or
>    remove functionality from the code without first discussing it
>    on the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list.
> 
> I think this is closer to the way we handle the situation right now and
> makes more sense.

Sound reasonable indeed. Seconded.

R.

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