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[FFmpeg-devel] doc/developer: Alternative to making tests a requirement.

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Michael Niedermayer July 8, 2023, 3:06 p.m. UTC 
Making tests a strict requirement could increase the burden on new
developers. This is an alternative

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
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 doc/developer.texi | 2 ++
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@@ -809,6 +809,8 @@  Consider adding a regression test for your code. All new modules
 should be covered by tests. That includes demuxers, muxers, decoders, encoders
 filters, bitstream filters, parsers. If its not possible to do that, add
 an explanation why to your patchset, its ok to not test if theres a reason.
+If your module lacks a test, then you must provide all information and samples
+which are needed for someone else to create a test, limited by what you possess.
 
 @item
 If you added YASM code please check that things still work with --disable-yasm.