[FFmpeg-cvslog] r21073 - trunk/libavfilter/avfilter.h

Michael Niedermayer michaelni
Fri Jan 8 02:45:50 CET 2010


On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 01:42:22AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 12:02:11AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > On date Thursday 2010-01-07 23:57:33 +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:44:33PM +0100, stefano wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Log:
> > > > Fix doxy, use third person.
> > > 
> > > I made up my mind, I hate it.
> > 
> > That was discussed long time ago, and we decided to comply with
> > JavaDoc recommendations.
> 
> I faintly remember something, but I never liked it in the first place.
> 
> I just compared POSIX docs and looked at a few random man pages.  The
> former is completely written in nonpersonal form, the latter mostly.
> 
> > That said, if you want to convert each doxy
> > to impersonal form I won't object - my only request is to keep it
> > consistent - but that would be higly wasted time I think.
> 
> We have more doxy in non-third-person form than the other way around.
> So the wasted time is being spent on making things less consistent
> right now.  But let's leave this aside for now.
> 
> I've just asked around on IRC, a majority of native speakers agrees
> with me.

A vote should be done on the ML and not exclude any developers
my oppinon is that i prefer 3rd person 

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