From b2f1e385a45cfae7277522bb143737aba45445fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ddennedy Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:22:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs/policies.txt: Add policy about not using stdout, messages, and recommending the new log API. git-svn-id: https://mlt.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mlt/trunk/mlt@1314 d19143bc-622f-0410-bfdd-b5b2a6649095 --- docs/policies.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/policies.txt b/docs/policies.txt index 5a5d2cea..449295c9 100644 --- a/docs/policies.txt +++ b/docs/policies.txt @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Increment the version number in ./configure on the first commit after a release as well as just prior to a new release. This way we can track if someone is using an unreleased version from the source code repository. +Do not write messages to stdout. stdout is reserved for writing streams that +can be redirected: e.g. raw DV in consumer_libdv. I recommended to use the +mlt_log API. For something quick and dirty, use stderr. + + Procedures ---------- -- 2.39.2