[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] doc/developer: s/ffmpeg-cvslog/ffmpeg-devel

Ganesh Ajjanagadde gajjanag at mit.edu
Sun Sep 20 03:03:14 CEST 2015


On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 8:30 PM, James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/19/2015 8:54 PM, Ganesh Ajjanagadde wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 7:48 PM, James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 9/19/2015 8:36 PM, Ganesh Ajjanagadde wrote:
>>>> ffmpeg has not been using cvs for a long time.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ganesh Ajjanagadde <gajjanagadde at gmail.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  doc/developer.texi | 2 +-
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
>>>> index 7324629..923ee69 100644
>>>> --- a/doc/developer.texi
>>>> +++ b/doc/developer.texi
>>>> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ timeframe (12h for build failures and security fixes, 3 days small changes,
>>>>  Also note, the maintainer can simply ask for more time to review!
>>>>
>>>>  @item
>>>> -Subscribe to the ffmpeg-cvslog mailing list. The diffs of all commits
>>>> +Subscribe to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list. 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.
>>>
>>> https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/
>>>
>>> ffmpeg-cvslog has a different purpose than ffmpeg-devel.
>>
>> Isn't the same information available at
>> https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/?
>> Can you tell me what the difference between the two is?
>
> If you check and compare the emails between the two list, you'll notice that one
> is a list where automated emails are sent every time something is committed to
> the git repo, and the other is a list where patches are sent for review.

Well, in that case the doc is broken in a worse way. "Bugs and
possilbe improvements or general questions regarding commits are
discussed there" does not even apply to ffmpeg-cvslog, it really
applies to ffmpeg-devel. In that case this patch is still an
improvement over the current situation. ffmpeg-cvslog is pretty much
useless for a dev on daily basis, since he/she can't see the
discussion. If a dev is subscribing to something, ffmpeg-devel gives
far more useful information and IMHO is the preferred mailing list.

However, perhaps the commit message needs rewording due to my misunderstanding.

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