[NUT-devel] Info packets in NUT stream (spec bugs?)

[Rich Felker]

On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 11:36:24PM +0200, Oded Shimon wrote:
> > > > chapter_id
> > > >     Id of chapter this packet applies to. If zero, packet applies to whole
> > > >     file. Positive chapter_id's are real chapters and MUST NOT overlap.
> > > >     Negative chapter_id indicate a sub region of file and not a real
> > > >     chapter. chapter_id MUST be unique to the region it represents.
> > > 
> > > Ahem, negative?.. 'v' unsigned vlc ...
> > 
> > this is a problem, how should we solve it? every solution will break
> > compatibility strictly speaking
> > 
> > we can drop the no overlap requirement or change v->s
> > iam fine with either, whats your and richs preferance? only thing iam
> > against is forbidding overlaping "chapter_ids" entirely
> 
> I preffer v->s .

Me too. There is not a single NUT file with chapter info packets in
it, so compatibility is irrelevant.

Rich