Jan 6, 2024, 12:10 by r...@remlab.net: > Le lauantaina 6. tammikuuta 2024, 12.38.28 EET Lynne a écrit : > >> Emergencies could happen, but progress must always happen. >> > > Laptops are more prone to breaking, and as already noted less serviceable. > The > whole premise is that your current laptop broke after just 2 years, while the > normally (fiscally) expected lifetime of a laptop is 3 years. > > Don't get me wrong! I don't deny that emergencies of that sort do happen to > software engineers. Considering the "running cost" of a skilled software > engineer, many employers will want to minimise the risk that they get bogged > down by lack of a development computer, and the inability to carry a laptop > with them on business trips. > > But then, whose emergency would are they exactly? If an entity has dire needs > of your continued ability to work, then they should take the measures and > costs. That's just not something that the FFmpeg foundation should bare. > Except maybe for Michael, I think the project will do just fine if any > developer is out of a computer for a week, to be honest. >
A fire would put me out for much more than a week tbh. Other than that, occasional trips, during which reviews still have to be made. Plus, power analysis of whether AVX512 helps on current-gen mobile devices. I don't see this as being too big of a thing to ask for, considering how much we have and how much we receive each year, and how very rarely requests are done. Nor something that deserves a lengthy article on the benefits, ergonomics, and ongoing maintenance of desktop versus mobile systems. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".