[FFmpeg-devel] Accurately describing ffmpeg-cvslog list [was: Re: [PATCH] Refactor Developer Docs, update dev list section (v2)]

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2017-11-26 22:57 GMT+01:00 Jim DeLaHunt <from.ffmpeg-dev at jdlh.com>:
> > On 2017-11-26 03:42, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> >
> >> 2017-11-26 9:31 GMT+01:00 Jim DeLaHunt <from.ffmpeg-dev at jdlh.com>:
> >> [...]
> >>>
> >>> +
> >>>   @subheading Subscribe to the ffmpeg-cvslog mailing list.
> >>> -It is important to do this as the diffs of all commits are sent there
> >>> and
> >>> -reviewed by all the other developers. Bugs and possible improvements
> or
> >>> -general questions regarding commits are discussed there. We expect you
> >>> to
> >>> -react if problems with your code are uncovered.
> >>> +Diffs of all commits are sent to the
> >>> + at uref{https://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-cvslog,
> >>> ffmpeg-cvslog}
> >>> +mailing list. Some developers read this list to review all code base
> >>> changes
> >>> +from all sources. Subscribing to this list is not mandatory, if
> >>> +all you want to do is submit a patch here and there.
> >>
> >> I am (still) against this change.
> >
> >
> > OK, what specifically are you against?  More important, what are you in
> > favour of?
>
> I have no issue with the current text.
>
> If you believe that it is unclear that there is a difference between an
> occasional contributor (who most likely would not read -devel nor
> -cvslog) and a committer (who is supposed to read -cvslog), then
> maybe a patch is useful.


FYI I'm a committer and I do not read -cvslog.

Ronald