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ffmpegs bug/patch/feature request tracker manual |
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NOTE, this is a draft, its not yet recommended to send real bugreports to the |
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tracker but rather use the mailing lists |
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though, if you are brave and don't mind that your bugreport might disappear or |
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NOTE, this is a draft, it is not yet recommended to send real bugreports to the |
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tracker but rather use the mailing lists. |
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Though, if you are brave and do not mind that your bugreport might disappear or |
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that you might be mailbombed due to a misconfiguration, you can surely try |
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to enter a real bugreport |
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to enter a real bugreport. |
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Overview: |
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--------- |
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FFmpeg uses roundup for tracking issues, new issues and changes to |
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existing issues can be done through a web interface and through email. |
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Its possible to subscribe to individual issues by adding yourself to the |
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It is possible to subscribe to individual issues by adding yourself to the |
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nosy list or to subscribe to the ffmpeg-issues mailing list which receives |
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a mail for every change to every issue. Replies to such mails will also |
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properly be added to the respective issue. |
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feature request |
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Request of support for encoding or decoding of a new codec, container |
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or variant. |
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Request of support for more, less or plain different output or behavior. |
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Where the current behavior cannot be considered wrong. |
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Request of support for more, less or plain different output or behavior |
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where the current behavior cannot be considered wrong. |
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patch |
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A patch as generated by diff which conforms to the patch submission and |
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Priority: |
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critical |
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Bugs and patches which deal with data loss and security issues |
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no feature request can be critical. |
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Bugs and patches which deal with data loss and security issues. |
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No feature request can be critical. |
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important |
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Bugs which makes ffmpeg unusable for a significant number of users, and |
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Bugs which make ffmpeg unusable for a significant number of users, and |
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patches fixing them. |
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examples here might be completely broken mpeg4 decoding or a build issue |
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on linux |
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while broken 4xm decoding or broken os2 build would not be important, the |
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Examples here might be completely broken mpeg4 decoding or a build issue |
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on Linux. |
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While broken 4xm decoding or broken OS/2 build would not be important, the |
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separation to normal is somewhat fuzzy ... |
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For feature requests this priority would be used for things many people |
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want. |
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minor |
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Bugs and patches about things like spelling errors, "mp2" instead of |
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"mp3" being shown and such |
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Feature requests about things few people want or which don't make a big |
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"mp3" being shown and such. |
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Feature requests about things few people want or which do not make a big |
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difference. |
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wish |
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users |
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*/open/open |
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Issues which have been briefly looked at and which didnt look outright |
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invalid |
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Issues which have been briefly looked at and which did not look outright |
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invalid. |
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This implicates that no real more detailed state applies yet. And the |
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more detailed states below implicate that the issue has been briefly |
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looked at. |
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bug/open/analyzed |
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Bugs which have been analyzed and where it is understood what causes them |
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and which exact chain of events triggers them. This analyzis should be |
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available as a message in the bugreport |
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and which exact chain of events triggers them. This analysis should be |
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available as a message in the bugreport. |
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Note, do not change the status to analyzed without also providing a clear |
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and understandable analysis. |
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This state implicates that the bug either has been reproduced or that |
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bug/open/needs_more_info |
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Bugreports which are incomplete and or where more information is needed |
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from the submitter or another person who can provide the info. |
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This state implicates that the bug has not been analyzed or reproduced |
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This state implicates that the bug has not been analyzed or reproduced. |
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bug/closed/fixed |
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Bugs which have to the best of our knowledge been fixed. |
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bug/closed/wont_fix |
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Bugs which we will not fix, the reasons here could be legal, philosophical |
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or others |
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or others. |
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bug/closed/works_for_me |
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Bugs for which sufficient information was provided to reproduce but |
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reproduction failed that is the code seems to work correctly to the |
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reproduction failed - that is the code seems to work correctly to the |
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best of our knowledge. |
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patch/open/approved |
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Patches which have been reviewed and approved by a developer. |
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Such patches can be applied anytime by any other developer after some |
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reasonable testing (compile + regression tests + does the patch do |
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what the author claimed) |
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what the author claimed). |
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patch/open/needs_changes |
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Patches which have been reviewed and need changes to be accepted |
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Patches which have been reviewed and need changes to be accepted. |
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patch/closed/applied |
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Patches which have been applied |
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Patches which have been applied. |
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patch/closed/rejected |
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Patches which have been rejected |
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Patches which have been rejected. |
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feature_request/open/needs_more_info |
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Feature requests where its not clear what exactly is wanted |
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(these also could be closed as invalid ...) |
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(these also could be closed as invalid ...). |
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feature_request/closed/implemented |
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Feature requests which have been implemented. |
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