[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/8] lavu: add macros to help making future-proof structures

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 4/29/2023 9:17 AM, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> What important problem within the scope of the project is being solved
> by this? Why do we need over a 1000 lines of just new header files for
> it? Why do we need a generic JSON writer? We are not a JSON library.
> Neither are we a string processing library.

I agree, I don't think it has a place in a set of multimedia libraries.

If I wanted this functionality there are many other good libaries I could
use that also don't pull in a multimeia framework.

> IMO this should not go in until and unless significant practical
> benefits of this code are shown on a non-toy use case within the scope
> of our project.

Having watched this from afar for a while it seems like a classic FOSS
problem:

One person may have infinite energy to argue ther point / idea until
nobody can be bothered to reply anymore since it is so draining.

Happy Coronation,
- Derek