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diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi index cde87f1..baf7d20 100644 --- a/doc/developer.texi +++ b/doc/developer.texi @@ -14,78 +14,47 @@ @section API @itemize @bullet @item libavcodec is the library containing the codecs (both encoding and -decoding). Look at @file{libavcodec/apiexample.c} to see how to use it. +decoding). Look at @file{doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c} to see how to use +it. @item libavformat is the library containing the file format handling (mux and -demux code for several formats). Look at @file{avplay.c} to use it in a -player. See @file{libavformat/output-example.c} to use it to generate -audio or video streams. +demux code for several formats). Look at @file{ffplay.c} to use it in a +player. See @file{doc/examples/muxing.c} to use it to generate audio or video +streams. @end itemize -@section Integrating libav in your program - -Shared libraries should be used whenever is possible in order to reduce -the effort distributors have to pour to support programs and to ensure -only the public API is used. - -You can use Libav in your commercial program, but you must abide to the -license, LGPL or GPL depending on the specific features used, please refer -to @uref{http://libav.org/legal.html, our legal page} for a quick checklist and to -the following links for the exact text of each license: -@uref{http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=COPYING.GPLv2, GPL version 2}, -@uref{http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=COPYING.GPLv3, GPL version 3}, -@uref{http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=COPYING.LGPLv2.1, LGPL version 2.1}, -@uref{http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=COPYING.LGPLv3, LGPL version 3}. -Any modification to the source code can be suggested for inclusion. -The best way to proceed is to send your patches to the -@uref{https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel, libav-devel} -mailing list. +@section Integrating libavcodec or libavformat in your program + +You can integrate all the source code of the libraries to link them +statically to avoid any version problem. All you need is to provide a +'config.mak' and a 'config.h' in the parent directory. See the defines +generated by ./configure to understand what is needed. + +You can use libavcodec or libavformat in your commercial program, but +@emph{any patch you make must be published}. The best way to proceed is +to send your patches to the FFmpeg mailing list. + +@section Contributing + +There are 3 ways by which code gets into ffmpeg. +@itemize @bullet +@item Submitting Patches to the main developer mailing list + see @ref{Submitting patches} for details. +@item Directly committing changes to the main tree. +@item Committing changes to a git clone, for example on github.com or + gitorious.org. And asking us to merge these changes. +@end itemize + +Whichever way, changes should be reviewed by the maintainer of the code +before they are committed. And they should follow the @ref{Coding Rules}. +The developer making the commit and the author are responsible for their changes +and should try to fix issues their commit causes. @anchor{Coding Rules} @section Coding Rules @subsection Code formatting conventions -The code is written in K&R C style. That means the following: -@itemize @bullet -@item -The control statements are formatted by putting space between the statement -and parenthesis in the following way: -@example -for (i = 0; i < filter->input_count; i++) @{ -@end example -@item -The case statement is always located at the same level as the switch itself: -@example -switch (link->init_state) @{ -case AVLINK_INIT: - continue; -case AVLINK_STARTINIT: - av_log(filter, AV_LOG_INFO, "circular filter chain detected"); - return 0; -@end example -@item -Braces in function declarations are written on the new line: -@example -const char *avfilter_configuration(void) -@{ - return LIBAV_CONFIGURATION; -@} -@end example -@item -Do not check for NULL values by comparison, @samp{if (p)} and -@samp{if (!p)} are correct; @samp{if (p == NULL)} and @samp{if (p != NULL)} -are not. -@item -In case of a single-statement if, no curly braces are required: -@example -if (!pic || !picref) - goto fail; -@end example -@item -Do not put spaces immediately inside parentheses. @samp{if (ret)} is -a valid style; @samp{if ( ret )} is not. -@end itemize There are the following guidelines regarding the indentation in files: @itemize @bullet @@ -101,7 +70,7 @@ and only if this improves readability. @end itemize The presentation is one inspired by 'indent -i4 -kr -nut'. -The main priority in Libav is simplicity and small code size in order to +The main priority in FFmpeg is simplicity and small code size in order to minimize the bug count. @subsection Comments @@ -146,7 +115,7 @@ int myfunc(int my_parameter) @subsection C language features -Libav is programmed in the ISO C90 language with a few additional +FFmpeg is programmed in the ISO C90 language with a few additional features from ISO C99, namely: @itemize @bullet @item @@ -180,8 +149,8 @@ GCC statement expressions (@samp{(x = (@{ int y = 4; y; @})}). @subsection Naming conventions All names should be composed with underscores (_), not CamelCase. For example, @samp{avfilter_get_video_buffer} is an acceptable function name and -@samp{AVFilterGetVideo} is not. The only exception are structure -names; they should always be CamelCase. +@samp{AVFilterGetVideo} is not. The exception from this are type names, like +for example structs and enums; they should always be in the CamelCase There are the following conventions for naming variables and functions: @itemize @bullet @@ -199,8 +168,13 @@ For variables and functions visible outside of file scope, used internally across multiple libraries, use @code{avpriv_} as prefix, for example, @samp{avpriv_aac_parse_header}. @item -For externally visible symbols, each library has its own prefix. Check -the existing code and choose names accordingly. +Each library has its own prefix for public symbols, in addition to the +commonly used @code{av_} (@code{avformat_} for libavformat, +@code{avcodec_} for libavcodec, @code{swr_} for libswresample, etc). +Check the existing code and choose names accordingly. +Note that some symbols without these prefixes are also exported for +retro-compatibility reasons. These exceptions are declared in the +@code{lib<name>/lib<name>.v} files. @end itemize Furthermore, name space reserved for the system should not be invaded. @@ -222,10 +196,10 @@ should also be avoided if they don't make the code easier to understand. @end itemize @subsection Editor configuration -In order to configure Vim to follow Libav formatting conventions, paste +In order to configure Vim to follow FFmpeg formatting conventions, paste the following snippet into your @file{.vimrc}: @example -" Indentation rules for Libav: 4 spaces, no tabs. +" indentation rules for FFmpeg: 4 spaces, no tabs set expandtab set shiftwidth=4 set softtabstop=4 @@ -242,7 +216,7 @@ autocmd InsertEnter * match ForbiddenWhitespace /\t\|\s\+\%#\@@<!$/ For Emacs, add these roughly equivalent lines to your @file{.emacs.d/init.el}: @example -(c-add-style "libav" +(c-add-style "ffmpeg" '("k&r" (c-basic-offset . 4) (indent-tabs-mode . nil) @@ -251,7 +225,7 @@ For Emacs, add these roughly equivalent lines to your @file{.emacs.d/init.el}: (statement-cont . (c-lineup-assignments +))) ) ) -(setq c-default-style "libav") +(setq c-default-style "ffmpeg") @end example @section Development Policy @@ -268,16 +242,12 @@ For Emacs, add these roughly equivalent lines to your @file{.emacs.d/init.el}: an "or any later version" clause is also acceptable, but LGPL is preferred. @item - All the patches MUST be reviewed in the mailing list before they are - committed. -@item - The Libav coding style should remain consistent. Changes to - conform will be suggested during the review or implemented on commit. -@item - Patches should be generated using @code{git format-patch} or directly sent - using @code{git send-email}. - Please make sure you give the proper credit by setting the correct author - in the commit. + You must not commit code which breaks FFmpeg! (Meaning unfinished but + enabled code which breaks compilation or compiles but does not work or + breaks the regression tests) + You can commit unfinished stuff (for testing etc), but it must be disabled + (#ifdef etc) by default so it does not interfere with other developers' + work. @item The commit message should have a short first line in the form of a @samp{topic: short description} as a header, separated by a newline @@ -285,21 +255,11 @@ For Emacs, add these roughly equivalent lines to your @file{.emacs.d/init.el}: If the commit fixes a known bug on the bug tracker, the commit message should include its bug ID. Referring to the issue on the bug tracker does not exempt you from writing an excerpt of the bug in the commit message. - If the patch is a bug fix which should be backported to stable releases, - i.e. a non-API/ABI-breaking bug fix, add @code{CC: libav-stable@@libav.org} - to the bottom of your commit message, and make sure to CC your patch to - this address, too. Some git setups will do this automatically. -@item - Work in progress patches should be sent to the mailing list with the [WIP] - or the [RFC] tag. -@item - Branches in public personal repos are advised as way to - work on issues collaboratively. @item - You do not have to over-test things. If it works for you and you think it - should work for others, send it to the mailing list for review. - If you have doubt about portability please state it in the submission so - people with specific hardware could test it. + You do not have to over-test things. If it works for you, and you think it + should work for others, then commit. If your code has problems + (portability, triggers compiler bugs, unusual environment etc) they will be + reported and eventually fixed. @item Do not commit unrelated changes together, split them into self-contained pieces. Also do not forget that if part B depends on part A, but A does not @@ -307,37 +267,75 @@ For Emacs, add these roughly equivalent lines to your @file{.emacs.d/init.el}: Keeping changes well split into self-contained parts makes reviewing and understanding them on the commit log mailing list easier. This also helps in case of debugging later on. -@item - Patches that change behavior of the programs (renaming options etc) or - public API or ABI should be discussed in depth and possible few days should - pass between discussion and commit. - Changes to the build system (Makefiles, configure script) which alter - the expected behavior should be considered in the same regard. + Also if you have doubts about splitting or not splitting, do not hesitate to + ask/discuss it on the developer mailing list. +@item + Do not change behavior of the programs (renaming options etc) or public + API or ABI without first discussing it on the ffmpeg-devel mailing list. + Do not remove functionality from the code. Just improve! + + Note: Redundant code can be removed. +@item + Do not commit changes to the build system (Makefiles, configure script) + which change behavior, defaults etc, without asking first. The same + applies to compiler warning fixes, trivial looking fixes and to code + maintained by other developers. We usually have a reason for doing things + the way we do. Send your changes as patches to the ffmpeg-devel mailing + list, and if the code maintainers say OK, you may commit. This does not + apply to files you wrote and/or maintain. +@item + We refuse source indentation and other cosmetic changes if they are mixed + with functional changes, such commits will be rejected and removed. Every + developer has his own indentation style, you should not change it. Of course + if you (re)write something, you can use your own style, even though we would + prefer if the indentation throughout FFmpeg was consistent (Many projects + force a given indentation style - we do not.). If you really need to make + indentation changes (try to avoid this), separate them strictly from real + changes. + + NOTE: If you had to put if()@{ .. @} over a large (> 5 lines) chunk of code, + then either do NOT change the indentation of the inner part within (do not + move it to the right)! or do so in a separate commit +@item + Always fill out the commit log message. Describe in a few lines what you + changed and why. You can refer to mailing list postings if you fix a + particular bug. Comments such as "fixed!" or "Changed it." are unacceptable. + Recommended format: + area changed: Short 1 line description + + details describing what and why and giving references. +@item + Make sure the author of the commit is set correctly. (see git commit --author) + If you apply a patch, send an + answer to ffmpeg-devel (or wherever you got the patch from) saying that + you applied the patch. @item When applying patches that have been discussed (at length) on the mailing list, reference the thread in the log message. @item - Subscribe to the - @uref{https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel, libav-devel} and - @uref{https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-commits, libav-commits} - mailing lists. - Bugs and possible improvements or general questions regarding commits - are discussed on libav-devel. We expect you to react if problems with - your code are uncovered. + Do NOT commit to code actively maintained by others without permission. + Send a patch to ffmpeg-devel instead. If no one answers within a reasonable + timeframe (12h for build failures and security fixes, 3 days small changes, + 1 week for big patches) then commit your patch if you think it is OK. + Also note, the maintainer can simply ask for more time to review! +@item + Subscribe to the ffmpeg-cvslog mailing list. The diffs of all commits + are sent there and reviewed by all the other developers. Bugs and possible + improvements or general questions regarding commits are discussed there. We + expect you to react if problems with your code are uncovered. @item Update the documentation if you change behavior or add features. If you are - unsure how best to do this, send an [RFC] patch to libav-devel. + unsure how best to do this, send a patch to ffmpeg-devel, the documentation + maintainer(s) will review and commit your stuff. @item - All discussions and decisions should be reported on the public developer - mailing list, so that there is a reference to them. - Other media (e.g. IRC) should be used for coordination and immediate - collaboration. + Try to keep important discussions and requests (also) on the public + developer mailing list, so that all developers can benefit from them. @item Never write to unallocated memory, never write over the end of arrays, always check values read from some untrusted source before using them - as array index or other risky things. Always use valgrind to double-check. + as array index or other risky things. @item - Remember to check if you need to bump versions for the specific libav + Remember to check if you need to bump versions for the specific libav* parts (libavutil, libavcodec, libavformat) you are changing. You need to change the version integer. Incrementing the first component means no backward compatibility to @@ -346,14 +344,16 @@ For Emacs, add these roughly equivalent lines to your @file{.emacs.d/init.el}: (e.g. addition of a function to the public API or extension of an existing data structure). Incrementing the third component means a noteworthy binary compatible - change (e.g. encoder bug fix that matters for the decoder). + change (e.g. encoder bug fix that matters for the decoder). The third + component always starts at 100 to distinguish FFmpeg from Libav. @item - Compiler warnings indicate potential bugs or code with bad style. + Compiler warnings indicate potential bugs or code with bad style. If a type of + warning always points to correct and clean code, that warning should + be disabled, not the code changed. + Thus the remaining warnings can either be bugs or correct code. If it is a bug, the bug has to be fixed. If it is not, the code should be changed to not generate a warning unless that causes a slowdown or obfuscates the code. - If a type of warning leads to too many false positives, that warning - should be disabled, not the code changed. @item If you add a new file, give it a proper license header. Do not copy and paste it from a random place, use an existing file as template. @@ -361,35 +361,37 @@ For Emacs, add these roughly equivalent lines to your @file{.emacs.d/init.el}: We think our rules are not too hard. If you have comments, contact us. +@anchor{Submitting patches} @section Submitting patches First, read the @ref{Coding Rules} above if you did not yet, in particular the rules regarding patch submission. -As stated already, please do not submit a patch which contains several -unrelated changes. +When you submit your patch, please use @code{git format-patch} or +@code{git send-email}. We cannot read other diffs :-) + +Also please do not submit a patch which contains several unrelated changes. Split it into separate, self-contained pieces. This does not mean splitting file by file. Instead, make the patch as small as possible while still keeping it as a logical unit that contains an individual change, even if it spans multiple files. This makes reviewing your patches much easier for us and greatly increases your chances of getting your patch applied. -Use the patcheck tool of Libav to check your patch. +Use the patcheck tool of FFmpeg to check your patch. The tool is located in the tools directory. -Run the @ref{Regression Tests} before submitting a patch in order to verify +Run the @ref{Regression tests} before submitting a patch in order to verify it does not cause unexpected problems. It also helps quite a bit if you tell us what the patch does (for example 'replaces lrint by lrintf'), and why (for example '*BSD isn't C99 compliant -and has no lrint()'). This kind of explanation should be the body of the -commit message. +and has no lrint()') Also please if you send several patches, send each patch as a separate mail, do not attach several unrelated patches to the same mail. Patches should be posted to the -@uref{https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel, libav-devel} +@uref{http://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel, ffmpeg-devel} mailing list. Use @code{git send-email} when possible since it will properly send patches without requiring extra care. If you cannot, then send patches as base64-encoded attachments, so your patch is not trashed during @@ -398,8 +400,8 @@ transmission. Your patch will be reviewed on the mailing list. You will likely be asked to make some changes and are expected to send in an improved version that incorporates the requests from the review. This process may go through -several iterations. Once your patch is deemed good enough, it will be -committed to the official Libav tree. +several iterations. Once your patch is deemed good enough, some developer +will pick it up and commit it to the official FFmpeg tree. Give us a few days to react. But if some time passes without reaction, send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with. @@ -427,8 +429,8 @@ send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with. even if it is only a decoder? @item Did you add a rule to compile the appropriate files in the Makefile? - Remember to do this even if you are just adding a format to a file that - is already being compiled by some other rule, like a raw demuxer. + Remember to do this even if you're just adding a format to a file that is + already being compiled by some other rule, like a raw demuxer. @item Did you add an entry to the table of supported formats or codecs in @file{doc/general.texi}? @@ -450,13 +452,20 @@ send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with. @enumerate @item - Does @code{make check} pass with the patch applied? + Does @code{make fate} pass with the patch applied? +@item + Was the patch generated with git format-patch or send-email? +@item + Did you sign off your patch? (git commit -s) + See @url{http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches} for the meaning + of sign off. @item - Is the patch against latest Libav git master branch? + Did you provide a clear git commit log message? @item - Are you subscribed to the - @uref{https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel, libav-devel} - mailing list? (Only list subscribers are allowed to post.) + Is the patch against latest FFmpeg git master branch? +@item + Are you subscribed to ffmpeg-devel? + (the list is subscribers only due to spam) @item Have you checked that the changes are minimal, so that the same cannot be achieved with a smaller patch and/or simpler final code? @@ -488,7 +497,7 @@ send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with. If the patch fixes a bug, did you provide enough information, including a sample, so the bug can be reproduced and the fix can be verified? Note please do not attach samples >100k to mails but rather provide a - URL, you can upload to ftp://upload.libav.org + URL, you can upload to ftp://upload.ffmpeg.org @item Did you provide a verbose summary about what the patch does change? @item @@ -501,7 +510,7 @@ send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with. patch easily? @item If you added a new file, did you insert a license header? It should be - taken from Libav, not randomly copied and pasted from somewhere else. + taken from FFmpeg, not randomly copied and pasted from somewhere else. @item You should maintain alphabetical order in alphabetically ordered lists as long as doing so does not break API/ABI compatibility. @@ -509,16 +518,21 @@ send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with. Lines with similar content should be aligned vertically when doing so improves readability. @item + Consider to add a regression test for your code. +@item + If you added YASM code please check that things still work with --disable-yasm +@item Make sure you check the return values of function and return appropriate - error codes. Especially memory allocation functions like @code{malloc()} + error codes. Especially memory allocation functions like @code{av_malloc()} are notoriously left unchecked, which is a serious problem. +@item + Test your code with valgrind and or Address Sanitizer to ensure it's free + of leaks, out of array accesses, etc. @end enumerate @section Patch review process -All patches posted to the -@uref{https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel, libav-devel} -mailing list will be reviewed, unless they contain a +All patches posted to ffmpeg-devel will be reviewed, unless they contain a clear note that the patch is not for the git master branch. Reviews and comments will be posted as replies to the patch on the mailing list. The patch submitter then has to take care of every comment, @@ -532,32 +546,48 @@ After a patch is approved it will be committed to the repository. We will review all submitted patches, but sometimes we are quite busy so especially for large patches this can take several weeks. -When resubmitting patches, if their size grew or during the review different -issues arisen please split the patch so each issue has a specific patch. +If you feel that the review process is too slow and you are willing to try to +take over maintainership of the area of code you change then just clone +git master and maintain the area of code there. We will merge each area from +where its best maintained. + +When resubmitting patches, please do not make any significant changes +not related to the comments received during review. Such patches will +be rejected. Instead, submit significant changes or new features as +separate patches. -@anchor{Regression Tests} -@section Regression Tests +@anchor{Regression tests} +@section Regression tests -Before submitting a patch (or committing to the repository), you should at -least make sure that it does not break anything. +Before submitting a patch (or committing to the repository), you should at least +test that you did not break anything. -If the code changed has already a test present in FATE you should run it, -otherwise it is advised to add it. +Running 'make fate' accomplishes this, please see @url{fate.html} for details. -Improvements to codec or demuxer might change the FATE results. Make sure -to commit the update reference with the change and to explain in the comment -why the expected result changed. +[Of course, some patches may change the results of the regression tests. In +this case, the reference results of the regression tests shall be modified +accordingly]. + +@subsection Adding files to the fate-suite dataset + +When there is no muxer or encoder available to generate test media for a +specific test then the media has to be inlcuded in the fate-suite. +First please make sure that the sample file is as small as possible to test the +respective decoder or demuxer sufficiently. Large files increase network +bandwidth and disk space requirements. +Once you have a working fate test and fate sample, provide in the commit +message or introductionary message for the patch series that you post to +the ffmpeg-devel mailing list, a direct link to download the sample media. -Please refer to @url{fate.html}. @anchor{Release process} @section Release process -Libav maintains a set of @strong{release branches}, which are the +FFmpeg maintains a set of @strong{release branches}, which are the recommended deliverable for system integrators and distributors (such as -Linux distributions, etc.). At irregular times, a @strong{release +Linux distributions, etc.). At regular times, a @strong{release manager} prepares, tests and publishes tarballs on the -@url{http://libav.org} website. +@url{http://ffmpeg.org} website. There are two kinds of releases: @@ -571,7 +601,7 @@ There are two kinds of releases: version number. @end enumerate -Note that we promise to our users that shared libraries from any Libav +Note that we promise to our users that shared libraries from any FFmpeg release never break programs that have been @strong{compiled} against previous versions of @strong{the same release series} in any case! @@ -579,7 +609,7 @@ However, from time to time, we do make API changes that require adaptations in applications. Such changes are only allowed in (new) major releases and require further steps such as bumping library version numbers and/or adjustments to the symbol versioning file. Please discuss such changes -on the @strong{libav-devel} mailing list in time to allow forward planning. +on the @strong{ffmpeg-devel} mailing list in time to allow forward planning. @anchor{Criteria for Point Releases} @subsection Criteria for Point Releases @@ -592,7 +622,7 @@ inclusion into a point release: Fixes a security issue, preferably identified by a @strong{CVE number} issued by @url{http://cve.mitre.org/}. @item - Fixes a documented bug in @url{http://bugzilla.libav.org}. + Fixes a documented bug in @url{https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg}. @item Improves the included documentation. @item @@ -602,11 +632,6 @@ inclusion into a point release: The order for checking the rules is (1 OR 2 OR 3) AND 4. -All Libav developers are welcome to nominate commits that they push to -@code{master} by mailing the @strong{libav-stable} mailing list. The -easiest way to do so is to include @code{CC: libav-stable@@libav.org} in -the commit message. - @subsection Release Checklist @@ -617,35 +642,25 @@ The release process involves the following steps: Ensure that the @file{RELEASE} file contains the version number for the upcoming release. @item - File a release tracking bug in @url{http://bugzilla.libav.org}. Make - sure that the bug has an alias named @code{ReleaseX.Y} for the - @code{X.Y} release. + Add the release at @url{https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/admin/ticket/versions}. @item Announce the intent to do a release to the mailing list. @item - Reassign unresolved blocking bugs from previous release - tracking bugs to the new bug. -@item - Review patch nominations that reach the @strong{libav-stable} - mailing list, and push patches that fulfill the stable release - criteria to the release branch. + Make sure all relevant security fixes have been backported. See + @url{https://ffmpeg.org/security.html}. @item Ensure that the FATE regression suite still passes in the release branch on at least @strong{i386} and @strong{amd64} - (cf. @ref{Regression Tests}). + (cf. @ref{Regression tests}). @item - Prepare the release tarballs in @code{xz} and @code{gz} formats, and - supplementing files that contain @code{md5} and @code{sha1} - checksums. + Prepare the release tarballs in @code{bz2} and @code{gz} formats, and + supplementing files that contain @code{gpg} signatures @item - Publish the tarballs at @url{http://libav.org/releases}. Create and - push an annotated tag in the form @code{vX}, with @code{X} + Publish the tarballs at @url{http://ffmpeg.org/releases}. Create and + push an annotated tag in the form @code{nX}, with @code{X} containing the version number. @item - Build the tarballs with the Windows binaries, and publish them at - @url{http://win32.libav.org/releases}. -@item - Propose and send a patch to the @strong{libav-devel} mailing list + Propose and send a patch to the @strong{ffmpeg-devel} mailing list with a news entry for the website. @item Publish the news entry. |
