[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 09/13] avcodec/svq1dec: clear MMX state after MB decode loop

[u-9iep at aetey.se]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 06:17:27PM +0200, wm4 wrote:
> > With all respect, I find such an argument hardly appropriate for two reasons:
> > it is formally incorrect (see below),
> > it shifts the attention from the functionality/usability to emotionally
> > charged aspects like age.
> 
> It's not an "emotionally charged" aspect. Phasing out old hardware is
> common sense. Of course this doesn't appeal to the "keep all the trash"

You do not seem to notice that you make the same mistake,
using emotionally charged expressions.

You are insulting the people who use older hardware, which is
_not_necessarily_ "trash" and who do this for their reasons - good or
bad is not in the realm of one's competence unless one is involved in
the actual case.

You the developers know everything between CPU, memory and I/O. The user
acts in her real world. For the developers it is unfounded to pretend
to be familiar with all the worlds out there.

If not otherwise, I mentioned the good reasons to run on the existing
hardware:

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 06:04:24PM +0200, u-9iep at aetey.se wrote:
> Such arguments can not be passed on to the users without an offer of
> a corresponding amount in cache. :)
> 
> More seriously, the act of replacement itself has its costs too, in
> cases like this one such cost is much higher than the cost of hardware.

To make it clear why I do not offer the expected spared money to the
developers, let me point out the phrase which may have gone unnoticed:

> (regrettably, this cost or gain is not trivial to convert to a
> compensation for the ffmpeg developers, unless video is one's main
> business, sorry for that!)
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I did my best to contribute some small bits of code and of understanding.

To conclude, I would like to friendly suggest to every bright
programmer on this list (sincerely highly respecting your skills),
try to notice when you tread outside your competence area.

Good luck to the ffmpeg project, my humble effort here is over.

Regards,
Rune