[FFmpeg-devel] [FFmpeg][PATCH] libswscale/utils.c: Fix bug #8255

Gautam Ramakrishnan gautamramk at gmail.com
Mon Feb 10 14:55:26 EET 2020


On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 5:38 PM Anton Khirnov <anton at khirnov.net> wrote:
>
> Commit message summaries like "fix bug [$whatever external identifier]
> are evil and should not be accepted IMO. They provide zero useful
> information to someone reading the mailing list subjects or git
> shortlog.
>
> The commit message summary should be understandable on its own, without
> reading the whole commit message or looking up any external information.
> In this case, 'fix a double free' would be appropriate.  Any external
> identifiers should be moved to the body of the message.
>
> --
> Anton Khirnov
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Shall keep in this mind next time. Did not think about it while
sending the patch.

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Gautam


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