Re: Captures

Elisa Nectoux <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:32:45 +0100
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Thanks greg,=20

I=E2=80=99ll check internally to reply to this last question :)
We=E2=80=99ll keep in touch.

Elisa NECTOUX
Sales & Marketing Manager

Belledonne Communications, the company behind the Linphone project
www.linphone.org <http://www.linphone.org/>




> Le 27 oct. 2025 =C3=A0 14:29, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> a =C3=A9crit =
:
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> Elisa Nectoux <[email protected]> writes:
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>> I=E2=80=99m sorry that this caused any confusion. There was nothing =
malicious
>> behind it. .smff is just a private internal format we created for
>> internal purposes. It should not have been visible in the Linphone
>> app, as it cannot be read by third party software =E2=80=94this was a =
mistake,
>> and we=E2=80=99ll restore the previous behaviour soon.
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> Thanks for replying but I'm still somewhat unclear.  My original =
question:
>=20
>>> What is the larger situation with smff?  Is the assertion that it is =
a
>>> Belledonne-only thing valid?  Why was it created?  What Free =
software
>>> deals with it?
>=20
> You just said "smff" is a "format", but from the git changes it looks
> like an alternate file extension for matroska.  Can people with =
foo.smff
> rename to foo.mkv and read them, or is it really a different format?
>=20
> Where is the source code to read and write this format?  I couldn't =
find
> it in the linphone git sources.
>=20
> Thanks for ansewring about the nature of the proprietary license
> offering.  I've removed the questions that I think you have answered,
> and left the ones where I still don't understand.  (I realize you
> probably need to consult with others to answer.)
>=20
>>> What was the rationale for changing mkv to smff in the source code =
in
>>> February of 2025?
>>>=20
>>> What is really going on with the sources?  It is irregular and very
>>> unusual to have commits with many unrelated changes from a software
>>> engineering viewpoint, and that suggests that the public-facing
>>> repository isn't the real repository, that there is an authoritative
>>> repository someplace else, and that this is some kind of squash
>>> commit.  But if linphone is "100% open source" then this sort of
>>> scheme doesn't make any sense.


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<div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>Le 27 oct. 2025 =C3=A0 14:29, =
Greg Troxel &lt;[email protected]&gt; a =C3=A9crit :</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Elisa Nectoux =
&lt;[email protected]&gt; =
writes:<br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">I=E2=80=99m sorry that this =
caused any confusion. There was nothing malicious<br>behind it. .smff is =
just a private internal format we created for<br>internal purposes. It =
should not have been visible in the Linphone<br>app, as it cannot be =
read by third party software =E2=80=94this was a mistake,<br>and we=E2=80=99=
ll restore the previous behaviour soon.<br></blockquote><br>Thanks for =
replying but I'm still somewhat unclear. &nbsp;My original =
question:<br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> =
What is the larger situation with smff? &nbsp;Is the assertion that it =
is a<br> Belledonne-only thing valid? &nbsp;Why was it created? =
&nbsp;What Free software<br> deals with =
it?<br></blockquote></blockquote><br>You just said "smff" is a "format", =
but from the git changes it looks<br>like an alternate file extension =
for matroska. &nbsp;Can people with foo.smff<br>rename to foo.mkv and =
read them, or is it really a different format?<br><br>Where is the =
source code to read and write this format? &nbsp;I couldn't find<br>it =
in the linphone git sources.<br><br>Thanks for ansewring about the =
nature of the proprietary license<br>offering. &nbsp;I've removed the =
questions that I think you have answered,<br>and left the ones where I =
still don't understand. &nbsp;(I realize you<br>probably need to consult =
with others to answer.)<br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"> What was the rationale for changing mkv to smff in the =
source code in<br> February of 2025?<br><br> What is really going on =
with the sources? &nbsp;It is irregular and very<br> unusual to have =
commits with many unrelated changes from a software<br> engineering =
viewpoint, and that suggests that the public-facing<br> repository isn't =
the real repository, that there is an authoritative<br> repository =
someplace else, and that this is some kind of squash<br> commit. =
&nbsp;But if linphone is "100% open source" then this sort of<br> scheme =
doesn't make any =
sense.<br></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br></d=
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