[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavc: remove the QOA decoder

Vittorio Giovara vittorio.giovara at gmail.com
Tue Dec 5 06:21:21 EET 2023


On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 1:53 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> Anton Khirnov (12023-12-02):
> > Its author not only failed to add any tests, as is required by the
> > development rules, but continues to actively refuse to do so.
> >
> > Untested decoders are worse than useless, so remove it.
>
> Only tested manually ≠ untested.
>
> A code that works is better than no code at all.
>
> We are not libav, we do not remove code just because the Great Dictator
> says so. If you really really want this decoder to have a test, you can
> write add it yourself.
>

It's almost 2024, when will you be able to drop it?
-- 
Vittorio


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