[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC][PATCH] web: Add page with links to FFmpeg WWW forums

Thilo Borgmann thilo.borgmann at googlemail.com
Mon Apr 9 13:56:23 CEST 2012


Am 08.04.12 02:01, schrieb Alexander Strasser:
> Hi Thilo,
> 
> Thilo Borgmann wrote:
>> Am 08.04.12 00:59, schrieb Thilo Borgmann:
>>> Am 07.04.12 23:59, schrieb Alexander Strasser:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Peter Ross wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 01:04:05AM +0200, Thilo Borgmann wrote:
>>>>>> Am 03.04.12 00:05, schrieb Michael Niedermayer:
>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 11:37:38PM +0200, Alexander Strasser wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Strasser <eclipse7 at gmx.net>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>  Makefile           |    2 +-
>>>>>>>>  src/forum          |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>  src/forum_title    |    1 +
>>>>>>>>  src/template_head2 |    1 +
>>>>>>>>  4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 src/forum
>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 src/forum_title
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Having a Forums entry on the main navigation bar but no Mailing lists
>>>>>>> one feels odd considering
>>>>>>> the primary communication medium we use are the MLs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it should be put into "contact".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If no dev is regularly looking into these it should be considered to mention
>>>>>> that these forums are pretty much at a users help users level - which is not bad
>>>>>> at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Agree
>>>>
>>>>   Agreed as well.
>>>>
>>>>   Though I thought the text implied that the forums are not run by the FFmpeg
>>>> project. If you think it's a good idea to add an additional paragraph/sentence
>>>> to describe "these forums are pretty much at a users help users level". I am
>>>> currently not creative enough to do it, as it is a bit too fuzzy.
>>>
>>> A proposal for a little better wording applied. Although as a follow-up patch...
>>
>> it's late...
> 
>   Yes, and this is my last reply :)
> 
> [...]
>>  src/contact |    8 +++++---
>>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/contact b/src/contact
> [...]
>> -Here we collect links to FFmpeg forums found in the world wide web. If you
>> -would like to see your forum added here, please send an email to the
>> -ffmpeg-devel mailing list (look above in the section Mailing Lists).
>> +FFmpeg offers no official forum. However, we collect links to FFmpeg-related forums
>> +found in the world wide web. If you would like to see your forum added here, please
>> +send an email to the
>> +<a href="https://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel/">ffmpeg-devel</a>
>> +mailing list.
> 
>   Sounds good to me.
> 
>   I also like the link to the mailing list information web page. Should probably be
> mentioned in the extended commit message.

Yes.

If there are no further objections, I'll push that tomorrow.

-Thilo


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