[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] doc: add spi.txt

[epirat07 at gmail.com]

On 17 Oct 2023, at 9:29, Stefano Sabatini wrote:

> On date Monday 2023-10-16 06:34:45 +0200, Lynne wrote:
>> Oct 16, 2023, 00:50 by michael at niedermayer.cc:
>>
>>> This explains how to request refunds and what can be funded by SPI
>>>
>>> Co-Author: Stefano Sabatini <stefasab at gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  doc/spi.txt | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 73 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 doc/spi.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/doc/spi.txt b/doc/spi.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000000..ff4af8f42b
>>>
>>
>> Again, I think this belongs on the website, not in our codebase.
>
> Given that this is a sort of internal memo, and that is targeted at
> developers rather than final users, I see no value into exposing this
> in the website (and we have similar documents - e.g. community.texi -
> already in doc).
>
> OTOH given that this clarifies how donations are spent, there is also
> a value into making this more transparent to users/donors, but I don't
> see this as blocking (we can publish it here and then move it to the
> website once the process has been consolidated).

IMO this would be much more discoverable on the website, it would
never occur to me to look for such information in the FFmpeg source
tree doc folder.

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