[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v0] Implement promeg decoder.

James Almer jamrial at gmail.com
Fri Jan 17 16:48:30 EET 2025


On 1/17/2025 11:42 AM, Nicolas George wrote:
> James Almer (12025-01-17):
>> Don't assume he will not extend the implementation. Ask him instead what he
>> plans to do in the long term.
>> And this could also be marked as experimental, in which case if abandoned or
>> proven unstable for several real world cases, it can be removed or disabled.
> 
> You were asking for proof that corporate-style mindset harms the
> project, you have one right here: “we do not want this new feature
> because it could mean bad PR” is one of the leitmotivs that have pushed
> the project towards stagnation since the GA has had influence.

I don't see how the GA has anything to do with this when we're talking 
about one person, but you're not wrong in that rejecting a feature for 
being incomplete is not ideal.
The codebase is not lacking in partially implemented features and 
protocols, and as long as it's stable, is not invasive, and gracefully 
rejects unsupported scenarios, IMO it should be ok. But Kieran's 
requests should be addressed. And like i said, marking it as 
experimental is an option.

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: OpenPGP_signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 495 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/attachments/20250117/410226c5/attachment.sig>


More information about the ffmpeg-devel mailing list