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

[Clément Bœsch]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:19:01PM +0000, Rostislav Pehlivanov wrote:
> On 27 November 2017 at 23:05, Ronald S. Bultje <rsbultje at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > _______________________________________________
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> > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
> >
> 
> Yeah, never touched cvslog either.
> If someone has comments to a commit which was pushed and doesn't use IRC
> then they should send an email to this ML. Or better yet use IRC.

I'm subscribed to cvslog, and sometimes use it to comment on a commit.
But when I do, I CC ffmpeg-devel anyway. I don't think cvslog subscription
should be mandatory at all, even for core developers. It's fine to
acknowledge its existence in the developers documentation though.

-- 
Clément B.
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