-ffmpegs bug/patch/feature request tracker manual
-================================================
+FFmpeg's bug/patch/feature request tracker manual
+=================================================
-NOTE, this is a draft, it is not yet recommended to send real bugreports to the
-tracker but rather use the mailing lists.
-Though, if you are brave and do not mind that your bugreport might disappear or
-that you might be mailbombed due to a misconfiguration, you can surely try
-to enter a real bugreport.
+NOTE: This is a draft.
Overview:
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-FFmpeg uses roundup for tracking issues, new issues and changes to
+FFmpeg uses Roundup for tracking issues, new issues and changes to
existing issues can be done through a web interface and through email.
It is possible to subscribe to individual issues by adding yourself to the
nosy list or to subscribe to the ffmpeg-issues mailing list which receives
a mail for every change to every issue. Replies to such mails will also
-properly be added to the respective issue.
+be properly added to the respective issue.
(the above does all work already after light testing)
The subscription URL for the ffmpeg-issues list is:
-http://live.polito.it/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-issues
-
-note: issue = (bug report || patch || feature request)
+http://live.polito/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-issues
+The URL of the webinterface of the tracker is:
+http(s)://roundup.ffmpeg/roundup/ffmpeg/
+Note the URLs in this document are obfuscated, you must append the top level
+domain for non-profit organizations to the tracker, and of Italy to the
+mailing list.
+
+Email Interface:
+----------------
+There is a mailing list to which all new issues and changes to existing issues
+are sent. You can subscribe through
+http://live.polito/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-issues
+Replies to messages there will have their text added to the specific issues.
+Attachments will be added as if they had been uploaded via the web interface.
+You can change the status, substatus, topic, ... by changing the subject in
+your reply like:
+Re: [issue94] register_avcodec and allcodecs.h [type=patch;status=open;substatus=approved]
+Roundup will then change things as you requested and remove the [...] from
+the subject before forwarding the mail to the mailing list.
+
+
+NOTE: issue = (bug report || patch || feature request)
Type:
-----
bug
- An error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in ffmpeg or libav* that
+ An error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in FFmpeg or libav* that
prevents it from behaving as intended.
feature request
Request of support for encoding or decoding of a new codec, container
or variant.
Request of support for more, less or plain different output or behavior
- where the current behavior cannot be considered wrong.
+ where the current implementation cannot be considered wrong.
patch
A patch as generated by diff which conforms to the patch submission and
- Development Policy.
+ development policy.
Priority:
No feature request can be critical.
important
- Bugs which make ffmpeg unusable for a significant number of users, and
+ Bugs which make FFmpeg unusable for a significant number of users, and
patches fixing them.
- Examples here might be completely broken mpeg4 decoding or a build issue
+ Examples here might be completely broken MPEG-4 decoding or a build issue
on Linux.
- While broken 4xm decoding or broken OS/2 build would not be important, the
- separation to normal is somewhat fuzzy ...
+ While broken 4xm decoding or a broken OS/2 build would not be important,
+ the separation to normal is somewhat fuzzy.
For feature requests this priority would be used for things many people
want.
wish
Something that is desirable to have but that there is no urgency at
- all to implement, e.g.: something completely cosmetic like a
- website restyle or a personalized doxy template or the ffmpeg logo.
- This priority isn't valid for bugs.
+ all to implement, e.g. something completely cosmetic like a website
+ restyle or a personalized doxy template or the FFmpeg logo.
+ This priority is not valid for bugs.
Status:
intermediate states
closed
- Final state
+ final state
Type/Status/Substatus:
----------
*/new/new
Initial state of new bugs, patches and feature requests submitted by
- users
+ users.
*/open/open
Issues which have been briefly looked at and which did not look outright
invalid.
- This implicates that no real more detailed state applies yet. And the
- more detailed states below implicate that the issue has been briefly
+ This implicates that no real more detailed state applies yet. Conversely,
+ the more detailed states below implicate that the issue has been briefly
looked at.
*/closed/duplicate
- Bugs, patches or feature requests which are duplicate of some other.
- Note patches dealing with the same thing but differently are not duplicate.
+ Bugs, patches or feature requests which are duplicates.
+ Note that patches dealing with the same thing in a different way are not
+ duplicates.
+ Note, if you mark something as duplicate, do not forget setting the
+ superseder so bug reports are properly linked.
*/closed/invalid
- Bugs caused by user errors, random ineligible or otherwise nonsense stuff
+ Bugs caused by user errors, random ineligible or otherwise nonsense stuff.
+
+*/closed/needs_more_info
+ Issues for which some information has been requested by the developers,
+ but which has not been provided by anyone within reasonable time.
bug/open/reproduced
- Bugs which have been reproduced
+ Bugs which have been reproduced.
bug/open/analyzed
Bugs which have been analyzed and where it is understood what causes them
and which exact chain of events triggers them. This analysis should be
- available as a message in the bugreport.
+ available as a message in the bug report.
Note, do not change the status to analyzed without also providing a clear
and understandable analysis.
This state implicates that the bug either has been reproduced or that
- reproduction is not needed as the bug is understood already anyway.
+ reproduction is not needed as the bug is already understood.
bug/open/needs_more_info
- Bugreports which are incomplete and or where more information is needed
- from the submitter or another person who can provide the info.
+ Bug reports which are incomplete and or where more information is needed
+ from the submitter or another person who can provide it.
This state implicates that the bug has not been analyzed or reproduced.
+ Note, the idea behind needs_more_info is to offload work from the
+ developers to the users whenever possible.
bug/closed/fixed
Bugs which have to the best of our knowledge been fixed.
bug/closed/wont_fix
- Bugs which we will not fix, the reasons here could be legal, philosophical
- or others.
+ Bugs which we will not fix. Possible reasons include legality, high
+ complexity for the sake of supporting obscure corner cases, speed loss
+ for similarly esoteric purposes, et cetera.
+ This also means that we would reject a patch.
+ If we are just too lazy to fix a bug then the correct state is open
+ and unassigned. Closed means that the case is closed which is not
+ the case if we are just waiting for a patch.
bug/closed/works_for_me
Bugs for which sufficient information was provided to reproduce but
Patches which have been rejected.
feature_request/open/needs_more_info
- Feature requests where its not clear what exactly is wanted
+ Feature requests where it is not clear what exactly is wanted
(these also could be closed as invalid ...).
feature_request/closed/implemented
Note, please do not use type-status-substatus combinations other than the
above without asking on ffmpeg-dev first!
+Note2, if you provide the requested info do not forget to remove the
+needs_more_info substate.
+
Topic:
------
A topic is a tag you should add to your issue in order to make grouping them
-easier. Some tags available: avformat, avcodec, avutils, ffmpeg, roundup
+easier.
+
+avcodec
+ issues in libavcodec/*
+
+avformat
+ issues in libavformat/*
+
+avutil
+ issues in libavutil/*
+
+regression test
+ issues in tests/*
+
+ffmpeg
+ issues in or related to ffmpeg.c
+
+ffplay
+ issues in or related to ffplay.c
+
+ffserver
+ issues in or related to ffserver.c
+
+build system
+ issues in or related to configure/Makefile
+
+regression
+ bugs which were working in a past revision
+
+roundup
+ issues related to our issue tracker
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