Commit 208506e2 authored by Diego Biurrun's avatar Diego Biurrun

spelling/wording/grammar

Originally committed as revision 10489 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk
parent 29569571
ffmpegs bug/patch/feature request tracker manual
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FFmpeg's bug/patch/feature request tracker manual
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NOTE, this is a draft
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/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-issues
The URL of the webinterface of the tracker is:
http(s)://roundup.mplayerhq/roundup/ffmpeg/
Note the URLs in this document are obfuscated, you must append top level
domain of hungary to the tracker, and italy to the mailinglist.
Note the URLs in this document are obfuscated, you must append the top level
domain of Hungary to the tracker, and of Italy to the mailing list.
Email Interface:
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Theres a mailinglist to which all new issues and changes to existing issues
are sent to, you can subscribe through
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 mailinglist
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)
NOTE: issue = (bug report || patch || feature request)
Type:
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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:
......@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ critical
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.
......@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ minor
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:
......@@ -93,44 +93,45 @@ open
intermediate states
closed
Final state
final state
Type/Status/Substatus:
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*/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.
*/closed/invalid
Bugs caused by user errors, random ineligible or otherwise nonsense stuff
Bugs caused by user errors, random ineligible or otherwise nonsense stuff.
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.
......@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ patch/closed/rejected
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
......@@ -176,8 +177,8 @@ feature_request/closed/wont_implement
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 dont forget to remove the
needs_more_info substate
Note2, if you provide the requested info do not forget to remove the
needs_more_info substate.
Topic:
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......@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ build system
issues in or related to configure/Makefile
regression
bugs which where working in a past revission
bugs which were working in a past revision
roundup
issues related to our issue tracker
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