[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add FITS Encoder

[Reimar Döffinger]

On 16.07.2017, at 15:08, Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> L'octidi 28 messidor, an CCXXV, Derek Buitenhuis a écrit :
>> Why is there no decoder?
> 
> Because the decoder is in a separate patch, and the demuxer in yet
> another. And none of them can proceed until Paras Chadha starts deciding
> what is considered part of the codec and what is considered part of the
> format.
> 
> This looks like a common mistake by students: code, code, code, when
> they should be stopping and designing. I do not know who Paras Chadha's
> mentor is.

Well, I wouldn't take it so seriously.
At least the things I've reviewed it doesn't really matter much.
Also I've seen students about as much sit and design, discuss, etc when they should be coding, because they lacked the experience and understanding of the problem for all their discussion and  designing to really give useful results.
Maybe you know different students or you just don't see that side. But either way, students are studying for a reason (hopefully) ;-).