[Ffmpeg-devel] development policy change [RFC][PATCH]

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

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Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

In the past you could go to a library and read, borrow or copy any book
Today you'd get arrested for mere telling someone where the library is
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    you applied the patch.
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    Do NOT commit to code actively maintained by others without permission. Send
-   a patch to ffmpeg-devel instead.
+   a patch to ffmpeg-devel instead. If noone awnsers within a reasonable time
+   (12h for build failure and security fixes, 3 days for all other small changes
+    1 week for big patches) then commit your patch if you think its ok
+    also note, the maintainer can simply ask for more time to review!
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     Subscribe to the ffmpeg-cvslog mailing list. The diffs of all commits
     are sent there and reviewed by all the other developers. Bugs and possible