ffmpegs bug/patch/feature request tracker manual
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-NOTE, this is a draft, its not yet recommanded to send real bugrepors to the
-tracker but rather use the mailinglists
-though if you are brave and dont mind that your bugreport might disapear or
-that you might be mailbombed due to a missconiguration you can surely try
+NOTE, this is a draft, its not yet recommended to send real bugreports to the
+tracker but rather use the mailing lists
+though, if you are brave and don't 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
Overview:
FFmpeg uses roundup for tracking issues, new issues and changes to
existing issues can be done through a web interface and through email.
Its possible to subscribe to individual issues by adding yourself to the
-nosy list or to subscribe to the ffmpeg-issues mailinglist which receives
+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.
(the above does all work already after light testing)
no feature request can be critical.
important
- Bugs which makes ffmpeg unuseable for a significant number of users, and
+ Bugs which makes ffmpeg unusable for a significant number of users, and
patches fixing them.
- examples here might be completly broken mpeg4 decoding or a build issue
+ examples here might be completely broken mpeg4 decoding or a build issue
on linux
while broken 4xm decoding or broken os2 build would not be important, the
- seperation to normal is somewhat fuzzy ...
+ separation to normal is somewhat fuzzy ...
For feature requests this priority would be used for things many people
want.
minor
Bugs and patches about things like spelling errors, "mp2" instead of
"mp3" being shown and such
- Feature requests about things few people want or which dont make a big
+ Feature requests about things few people want or which don't make a big
difference.
wish
- Something that is desiderable to have but that there is no urgency at
+ 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.
bug/closed/works_for_me
Bugs for which sufficient information was provided to reproduce but
reproduction failed that is the code seems to work correctly to the
- best of our knowledgde.
+ best of our knowledge.
patch/open/approved
Patches which have been reviewed and approved by a developer.
Feature requests which have been implemented.
feature_request/closed/wont_implement
- Feature reuests which will not be implemented. The reasons here could
+ Feature requests which will not be implemented. The reasons here could
be legal, philosophical or others.
Note, please do not use type-status-substatus combinations other than the