[FFmpeg-devel] coverity

[compn]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:23:19 +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 09:50:14PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 02:00:00PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 07:32:32AM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote:
>> > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 02:09:07AM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> > > > Hi
>> > > > 
>> > > > We have uploded a new build to coverity (i was unaware that we can and
>> > > > have to do that to get a new version of ffmpeg tested)
>> > > > 
>> > > > If you had a account on coverity for ffmpeg previously, it should
>> > > > still work, if not please reply to this mail and say that you want a
>> > > > account.
>> > > > 
>> > > 
>> > > Looks nice, I'm interested. Thanks!
>> > 
>> > added you, it probably will take a bit as it seems added users need to
>> > be approved or something
>> > 
>> 
>> Thanks a lot! The mail was lost in the gmail spam box, if some other
>> developers are wondering why they don't receive it.
>> 
>> BTW, how did we got access to that service?
>
>this is a good question ...
>i dont remember exactly, its a while ago, i think they tested mplayer
>first and then at some point ffmpeg ...
>that was probably more than 5 years ago

first mail about coverity:
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2006-March/041087.html

ffmpeg got in was because it is included in mplayer.
ffmpeg got its own entry later, after someone requested it i think.

right on http://scan.coverity.com says why they test things:

"Initiated in 2006 in collaboration with the US Department of Homeland
Security, the Coverity Scan Initiative works with some of the most
widely adopted open source projects including Linux, PHP, Apache, and
Android to help enforce the quality and security of open source
software."

i guess mplayer was 'widely adopted' ;)

usa tax dollars at work...

-compn