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

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Tuesday 2023-10-17 14:41:00 +0200, epirat07 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

I'm fine with either, I'll let Michael decide the final target repository.