[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] DVDNAV Still frames supprt

[Diego Biurrun]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 02:37:41PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:12:47PM +0200, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 13:40 +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > > Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:55:58PM +0100, Benjamin Zores wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > Would it be possible for us to agree on a coding standard
> > > 
> > > As past discussion have proven, no.
> > > But every maintainer can decide on one. Though we still do not have
> > > a precommit scripts that can deny tabs on selected files (like
> > > everything maintained by me)...
> > 
> > Having a maintainer-decided coding style can make sense for some files,
> > but OTOH I wouldn't want to encourage that as a default practice.
> 
> I certainly do not want to encourage it at all.
> 
> > It'd
> > make bureaucracy more important (who gets to be the maintainer that can
> > select the style?), and if such per-file styles can be too detailed then
> > making large changes involving lots of files from different maintainers
> > becomes tedious (if you try to follow the exact style for each file).
> 
> Well, that is a rather theoretical problem. Most of the time you have to
> be happy if we have someone who cares at all.
> But, this gave me an idea: even if we can't decide on one coding style,
> maybe we can decide on maybe exactly two, but with clear rules?
> E.g. while I prefer 2 spaces indentation I'd be ready to switch the
> files I maintain to ffmpeg-style...

Couldn't FFmpeg style be a workable compromise that all might accept?

Diego