[FFmpeg-devel] Donations and what happens with them

[Alex Converse]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Arpi <arpi at thot.banki.hu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Arpi <arpi at thot.banki.hu> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >> On 27 January 2011 22:31, compn <tempn at twmi.rr.com> wrote:
>> >> > so you guys want michael to not be leader.
>> >> > and michael wants mans and diego to not be root if he is not leader.
>> >> >
>> >> > is that it basically? thats the entire list of demands on both sides ?
>> >> > doesnt seem so bad.
>> >>
>> >> That's what I thought after reading these latest emails too. (Though
>> >> Michael did not mention Diego when he said "and i refuse to continue
>> >> to work under mans as root if iam not leader." )
>> >
>> > Diego's burial will be fund by the foundation, dont you remember? :)
>> > I'm personally against Diego doing ANYTHING regarding to mplayer or ffmpeg.
>> >
>> > I was not against Koth, but by reading his mail today i've changed my mind :(
>> > (I was in doubt he actually supported this mess)
>> >
>> >> Here are some ideas to maybe move forward:
>> >>
>> >> People
>> >> ------
>> >> Michael steps down as FFmpeg _leader_.
>> >> M?ns steps down as _root_.
>> >>
>> >> Trees
>> >> -----
>> >> (I hate to bring it up, but ... ) The best compromise concerning
>> >> mpcodecs I've seen was put it on a branch and have some sort of
>> >> porting marathon. I think lu_zero suggested it.
>> >
>> > I have to agree, as author of libmpcodecs, it is a messy code and
>> > somehow broken API, it should not go into ffmpeg as-is, but the
>> > plugins (the good ones, not the useless/joke ones) should be
>> > ported properly into ffmpeg-s filter architecture.
>> > I would be volunteering to do/help this process.
>> > Btw i've developed some new libmpcodecs plugins last year, which
>> > i didnt sent to the MLs.
>> > (i was impatient to bikeshed with diego on code indenting...
>> > btw this whole indentation rules/enforcement should gone, it's
>> > nonsense, i dont know any coder who uses consistent indentation
>> > over all his code... only beginner programmers do, sometimes.
>> > if anyone wants to read the code in nice indentation, he can
>> > anytime run a code formatter with his favourite settings)
>> >
>> >> Sync the two git trees on git.ffmpeg.org and git.videolan.org.
>> >
>> > there should not be 2 git repos, Mans' fork should gone, or at
>> > least be moved/renamed to a new server where he may be root :)
>> >
>> >> Procedure
>> >> ---------
>> >> Some people seem to be upset that they can't commit (in the svn sense
>> >> of the word) to the git.ffmpeg repo even though they are (file)
>> >
>> > Wonder?
>> >
>> >> maintainers. So that needs to be resolved. In the Announcement thread
>> >> it was stated more committers (svn definition) could be added later.
>> >> Would a solution be: grant file maintainers write access to the repos
>> >> again, but maintain the rule (from the Announcement) that all changes
>> >> must be reviewed by another developer who is deemed knowledgeable on
>> >> the topic. (Review on the ffmpeg-devel mailinglist, so that it's in
>> >> the mailinglist archive.)
>> >
>> > I think the old commit model should be restired, it worked for over 10 years.
>> > Everyone may get commit rights after a few valuable and perfect patches.
>> > At least trust hobbist people, if you dont pay them!
>> > It is not their goal to fuck up the code, they all work to improve it.
>> >
>> >> Comments? Critiques? Any other issues that _need_ to be resolved
>> >> before FFmpeg can continue as one big ha^H^H^H^H^H^H ?
>> >
>> > I was there from the first days of ffmpeg, when Fabrice was not called
>> > Fabrice, and when he wrote the first opensource divx 3.11 decoder...
>> > It's very sad to see where did Diego & friends bring this project :(((((((
>> >
>>
>> And what have you done in the past seven years?
>
> too many things to list here
>

Really? It seems pretty empty to me.

http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=author&s=Arpi

>> This is a meritocracy. You stopped earning merit years ago; time to
>> stop spending.
>
> it's sad you didnt notice this all is NOT about me.
>

Actually that is exactly what I noticed. How to organize the project
is a decision for FFmpeg developers. You are not an FFmpeg developer
in any meaningful sense of the word. You have no say. Please leave and
don't come back until you have a constructive contribution to make to
FFmpeg.

Regards,

Alex Converse