[FFmpeg-user] How to preserve file time

[Rob Hallam]

On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 at 12:15, Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
>
> Oliver Fromme (12024-08-21):
> > I'm sorry this mail is going to be rather long.  However, I would
> > like to explain my opinion on this matter in detail.
>
> You are more patient than this issue deserves.

I enjoyed reading Oliver's explanation so I appreciate the time it
must have taken to write it.

In my mind the case against implementing boils down to: "this is a
feature which has limited desire; it seems trivial but it actually
isn't to do properly*; and it lies outside ffmpeg's area of
responsibility so other tools can be used to handle it". Hopefully the
detailed explanation is acceptable to Ulf.

* It might seem easy since the `touch' invocation is simple, but would
have to handle not only different platforms but also filesystems, the
combinatorial complexity introduced by multiple inputs and outputs
that Oliver and others have mentioned, parsing of user input, a suite
of tests to cover all that, and ongoing maintenance if there are any
bugs.

Cheers,
Rob