[vlc-devel] src/input: add a new input option flag to replace values of existing options (was: fix buffer underflow by avoiding inconsistent state in error case)

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le vendredi 4 juillet 2014, 21:36:18 David Fuhrmann a écrit :
> Hello Remi,
> 
> Am 04.07.2014 um 09:47 schrieb Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net>:
> >   Hello,
> > 
> > Le 2014-07-04 00:52, David Fuhrmann a écrit :
> >> Generally, _please_ complain to the specific patches or issues you
> >> are having a problem with. Doing that in a totally unrelated thread,
> >> and weeks or months afterwards ist not really helpful.
> > 
> > I cannot report issues before I find them (that would be two days ago on
> > Trac).
> Of course I have no problem if you find issues afterwards and after some
> period of time. The more important point is that you should directly
> answering to the appropriate mails (and to the right persons), instead if
> misusing another dispute to express all your frustration you collected.

I don't know about you, but I don't keep an permanent archive of the mailing 
list. And the public archives do not provide RFC2822 files for obvious antispam 
reasons. So I cannot "answer" to old emails.

But more importantly, if you don't want technical discussions to derail into 
process arguments, then you should not start such arguments. I certainly argue 
more often and more harshly than you do, but I did not start this one.

(...)
> Thus I think it was reasonable to believe that the patch is
> fine, seeing the explanation and your lack of reaction, the approval from
> others, and the ease and low risk of regressions.

Again, if someone says "Exactly", I assume they agree with me. Except you 
obviously did not agree.

There was no need to introduce a new flag, since the one existing flag is 
mathematically enough to describe both possible intents: keep oldest (UNIQUE) 
or replace with newest (zero).

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.remlab.net/