[FFmpeg-cvslog] r18915 - in branches/0.5: . Changelog LICENSE configure libavcodec/ac3dec.c

[Måns Rullgård]

Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier at gmail.com> writes:

> On 5/24/2009 2:23 PM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 01:08:10PM -0700, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
>>> On 5/24/2009 8:41 AM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>>> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 01:36:16PM -0700, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
>>>>> On 5/23/2009 5:58 AM, diego wrote:
>>>>>> Log:
>>>>>> Merge GPL --> LGPL conversion of AC-3 decoder from trunk.
>>>>> Nice to see that you changed your mind about backporting features.
>>>> This is a licensing-relevant change, not a feature.
>>> It is, you backported the decoder, ie you took svn decoder and
>>> backported it to 0.5. License is secondary, even if there wasn't a
>>> license change you could have done this.
>> 
>> I have no interest in engaging in flamewars with you.

Comments like that can easily start one.

> This is not a flamewar, this is serious point about wether we want
> to backport decoders/encoders/demuxers/muxers.

Genuinely new features IMO belong in the next release, whenever that
may happen.  Backporting should only be done with serious bugfixes or
really trivial things.  Look at the Linux stable series for what I
consider a good example.

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