[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] remove CREDITS file

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Tuesday 2013-01-22 02:06:41 +0100, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 01:19:26AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > On date Monday 2013-01-21 00:00:46 +0100, Stefano Sabatini encoded:
> > > On date Saturday 2013-01-19 01:36:23 +0100, Stefano Sabatini encoded:
> > > > The file is outdated since ages, and git log is so a much better tool for
> > > > bookkeeping authorship/credits.
> > > > ---
> > > >  CREDITS |   55 -------------------------------------------------------
> > > >  1 file changed, 55 deletions(-)
> > > >  delete mode 100644 CREDITS
> > > 
> > > Updated. I couldn't find mention to all the contributors in the git log
> > > ('cause duplicated names or possibly confused MPlayer/FFmpeg
> > > contributions).
> > > -- 
> > > FFmpeg = Freak Forgiving Multimedia Puritan Eager Game
> > 
> > > From 84d2c5529b086647de9c2cbbf4501cae36827b25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Stefano Sabatini <stefasab at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:34:27 +0100
> > > Subject: [PATCH] CREDITS: redirect to Git log, remove current outdated
> > >  content
> > 
> > Ping. Going to apply in three days if there are no objections.
> 

> I dont want to block this cleanup but are all contributors credited
> through git ?

No.

> where there contributors who contributed differently than patches
> who ended in this file?

Yes, they are:

Mario Brito (Xan DPCM decoder)
Brian Foley (DSPutil)
Vladimir Gneushev (lavf/lavc)
Juan J. Sierralta (H.263)
Ewald Snel (qdm2, cinepak)
Lionel Ulmer (dsputil)

There is no mention of them in the commit log, but they are listed as
copyright holders in various files of FFmpeg.

Next question, what should we do with them?

I could mention them in the commit removing the file, so they are
mentioned in the log file as well.
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