[FFmpeg-devel] AVClass & AVOption [VOTE]

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Marton Balint <cus at passwd.hu> wrote:

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> On Sun, 29 May 2016, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
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> Hi
>>
>> It was suggested in the IRC meeting today that i start a vote to
>> resolve if AVClass & AVOption should be added to AVCodecParameters
>> This question needs to be awnsered before the next release because
>> the ABI would be broken if its added afterwards
>> the lack of any decission blocks the release which is worse than
>> either decission, otherwise a vote might be silly for such technical
>> question but eve a bad decission is better than no decission here
>>
>>
>> The disadvanatges are:
>> 1 more field in the struct
>> a high level API that some feel is unneeded for AVCodecParameters
>> it could be confusing to some that there are 2 different ways to
>> access the fields
>> people might use it as av_log() context when they intended to use a
>> different context for it
>> There are probably more please help fill the list if you know more
>>
>> The advanatges are:
>> More consistent availability of AVOptions and AVClass in public
>> structs
>> Makes supporting multiple FFmpeg versions and distros easier and
>> cleaner for applications. (reduces lists of #if version checks)
>> Provides default/min/max values, allows basic validity checking within
>> min/max
>> Avoids mysterious crashes if an application uses avoption functions
>> on AVCodecParameters
>> Introspection
>> Serialization support that may be usefull for ffserver or an application
>> replacing ffserver
>>
>>
>> An application that doesnt want to use AVOptions or AVClass can
>> completey ignore them.
>>
>> Please state clearly if you agree to add AVClass&AVOption to
>> AVCodecParameters or if you disagree about adding it or if you dont
>> care either way
>>
>> The vote will end 1 week from now, simple 50% majority (Yes vs no)
>> I dont really know who should be eligible for voting, so i suggest
>> everyone from the vote comittee but iam happy with anything, just
>> stating somethng ...
>>
>
> I am in favor of adding AVClass.


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