[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] news: add entry about stricter configure behavior

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Andreas Cadhalpun <
andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 10.12.2016 19:49, James Almer wrote:
> > On 12/10/2016 3:47 PM, Andreas Cadhalpun wrote:
> >> Suggested-by: Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Andreas Cadhalpun <Andreas.Cadhalpun at googlemail.com>
> >> ---
> >>  src/index | 7 +++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/src/index b/src/index
> >> index c203676..8f533f5 100644
> >> --- a/src/index
> >> +++ b/src/index
> >> @@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
> >>      News
> >>    </h1>
> >>
> >> +  <h3 id="stricterconfigure">December 10th, 2016, stricter configure
> behavior.</h3>
> >> +  <p>
> >> +    The configure script now fails if autodetect-libraries are
> requested but not found.
> >> +  </p>
> >> +  <p>
> >> +    If for example SDL headers are not available, '--enable-sdl2' will
> cause a configure failure.
> >> +  </p>
> >>    <h3 id="gsoc2016finalreport">October 30th, 2016, Results: Summer Of
> Code 2016.</h3>
> >>    <p>
> >>      This has been a long time coming but we wanted to give a proper
> closure to our participation in this run of the program and it takes time.
> Sometimes it's just to get the final report for each project trimmed down,
> others, is finalizing whatever was still in progress when the program
> finished: final patches need to be merged, TODO lists stabilized, future
> plans agreed; you name it.
> >>
> >
> > This is a Changelog kind of line, not a news entry.
> >
> > It could maybe be added to the news entry announcing the next release,
> > but it's not worth alone on its own.
>
> I don't mind either way, so discuss this with Carl Eugen.


What makes Carl Eugen so special when it comes to posting news entries?

Ronald