[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavf/matroskaenc: sort options by name

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Saturday 2024-04-06 13:25:49 +0200, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
> Stefano Sabatini:
> > ---
> >  libavformat/matroskaenc.c | 12 ++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
[...]
> See https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2024-February/320849.html

> Additionally I do not agree that sorting options by name is the best
> way;

> it should be sorted by what are (believed to be) the most commonly
> used options.

This is highly arbitrary and subjective, the best way is sort-by-name
as already done in other places (and I still find the git blame
argument rather weak for the reasons I already explained).

The alternative - which I observe all the time - is that when a new
option is added an arbitrary place is assigned and more confusion is
added.