[FFmpeg-devel] Donations and what happens with them

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:20:09AM +0100, Herv? W. wrote:
> 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." )
> 
> Here are some ideas to maybe move forward:
> 
> People
> ------
[...]
> M?ns steps down as _root_.

dont skip diego please


> 
> 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.
> Sync the two git trees on git.ffmpeg.org and git.videolan.org.

about libmpcodecs -> libavfilter porting (and making it LGPL), i have
found someone who might be willing to do it when funded by the foundation

iam a bad leader, i know, i shouldnt look around and find solutions and
compromises



> 
> 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)
> 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.)

the idea is good but why would a review step be needed? we are a bit short of
"knowledgeable on the topic" people. Theres a high risk this leads to fake
reviews where someone just says ok because someone has to say ok even though
noone really understands the code

Also file maintainers can commit to videolan and mans can then review,change
and pull as he sees fit. If you are lazy _this_ really is the way to go :)
and doesnt even need any procedure changes

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