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diff --git a/doc/issue_tracker.txt b/doc/issue_tracker.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d487f66 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/issue_tracker.txt @@ -0,0 +1,213 @@ +FFmpeg's bug/patch/feature request tracker manual +================================================= + +NOTE: This is a draft. + +Overview: +--------- + +FFmpeg uses Trac for tracking issues, new issues and changes to +existing issues can be done through a web interface. + +Issues can be different kinds of things we want to keep track of +but that do not belong into the source tree itself. This includes +bug reports, patches, feature requests and license violations. We +might add more items to this list in the future, so feel free to +propose a new `type of issue' on the ffmpeg-devel mailing list if +you feel it is worth tracking. + +It is possible to subscribe to individual issues by adding yourself to the +Cc list or to subscribe to the ffmpeg-trac mailing list which receives +a mail for every change to every issue. +(the above does all work already after light testing) + +The subscription URL for the ffmpeg-trac list is: +http(s)://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-trac +The URL of the webinterface of the tracker is: +http(s)://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg + +Type: +----- +bug / defect + An error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in FFmpeg or libav* that + prevents it from behaving as intended. + +feature request / enhancement + 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 implementation cannot be considered wrong. + +license violation + ticket to keep track of (L)GPL violations of ffmpeg by others + +patch + A patch as generated by diff which conforms to the patch submission and + development policy. + + +Priority: +--------- +critical + Bugs and patches which deal with data loss and security issues. + No feature request can be critical. + +important + Bugs which make FFmpeg unusable for a significant number of users, and + patches fixing them. + Examples here might be completely broken MPEG-4 decoding or a build issue + on Linux. + 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. + Regressions also should be marked as important, regressions are bugs that + don't exist in a past revision or another branch. + +normal + + +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 do not make a big + difference. + +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 is not valid for bugs. + + +Status: +------- +new + initial state + +open + intermediate states + +closed + final state + + +Analyzed flag: +-------------- +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 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 already understood. + + +Type/Status/Substatus: +---------- +*/new/new + Initial state of new bugs, patches and feature requests submitted by + 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. Conversely, + the more detailed states below implicate that the issue has been briefly + looked at. + +*/closed/duplicate + Bugs, patches or feature requests which are duplicates. + Note that patches dealing with the same thing in a different way are not + duplicates. + Note, if you mark something as duplicate, do not forget setting the + superseder so bug reports are properly linked. + +*/closed/invalid + Bugs caused by user errors, random ineligible or otherwise nonsense stuff. + +*/closed/needs_more_info + Issues for which some information has been requested by the developers, + but which has not been provided by anyone within reasonable time. + + +bug/closed/fixed + Bugs which have to the best of our knowledge been fixed. + +bug/closed/wont_fix + Bugs which we will not fix. Possible reasons include legality, high + complexity for the sake of supporting obscure corner cases, speed loss + for similarly esoteric purposes, et cetera. + This also means that we would reject a patch. + If we are just too lazy to fix a bug then the correct state is open + and unassigned. Closed means that the case is closed which is not + the case if we are just waiting for a patch. + +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 knowledge. + +patch/open/approved + Patches which have been reviewed and approved by a developer. + Such patches can be applied anytime by any other developer after some + reasonable testing (compile + regression tests + does the patch do + what the author claimed). + +patch/open/needs_changes + Patches which have been reviewed and need changes to be accepted. + +patch/closed/applied + Patches which have been applied. + +patch/closed/rejected + Patches which have been rejected. + +feature_request/closed/implemented + Feature requests which have been implemented. + +feature_request/closed/wont_implement + 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 +above without asking on ffmpeg-dev first! + +Note2, if you provide the requested info do not forget to remove the +needs_more_info substatus. + +Component: +---------- + +avcodec + issues in libavcodec/* + +avformat + issues in libavformat/* + +avutil + issues in libavutil/* + +regression test + issues in tests/* + +ffmpeg + issues in or related to ffmpeg.c + +ffplay + issues in or related to ffplay.c + +ffprobe + issues in or related to ffprobe.c + +ffserver + issues in or related to ffserver.c + +build system + issues in or related to configure/Makefile + +regression + bugs which were not present in a past revision + +trac + issues related to our issue tracker |
