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

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:23:24AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 09:16:59AM +0000, Ivan Kalvachev wrote:
> > 2006/2/5, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de>:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > We are not parlament or goverment that must follow the law. These
> > rules are just guide for us. We can always break them as long as
> > everybody agree that.
> 
> Well, it kind of defeats the purpose of having rules if they can be
> broken arbitrarily..
> 
> The CVS guidelines should describe the policy that we work with, not
> something different.  Fact is that we *do* accept removing features under
> certain circumstances.  All my patch does is fix the current practice in
> writing.

Applied.

Diego