[FFmpeg-devel] 4.4 Release Name

[Kieran Kunhya]

Who are you and what on earth are you talking about?

Why on earth is it appropriate to name an ffmpeg release after a disease
that has killed millions?

Kieran

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On Sat, 3 Apr 2021, 20:25 RADSL, <admin at radsl.net> wrote:

>
> On 4/3/2021 8:11 AM, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> > On 03/04/2021 11:19, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
> >> This is Internet and social networks in 2021.
> >> It WILL be taken in the wrong way.
> >>
> >> Do NOT use anything political or related to the news in naming. Never
> Ever. It might be badly taken, but mostly you have NO idea how it will be
> taken in the future…
> > Agree.
> >
> > Frankly using such a name is disgusting and offensive.
> >
> > It's not a funny """joke""". People are dead.
> >
> > This is the exact kind of BS unfunny "humour" (giant quotes) that
> > people look down a the FOSS community for, and with good reason.
> >
> > - Derek
>
>  > Frankly using such a name is disgusting and offensive
> ???
>
>  > It's not a funny """joke"""
> it's a an homage, nothing else. if you take it as a "joke", it's your
> point of view only.
>
>  > This is the exact kind of BS unfunny "humour"
> who said it was humour? again it's only your point of view.
>
> only those who are blind cannot see the reality. and the reality is more
> people are dying from political decisions today.
> and I'm sorry to open this debate, but it concerns all of us since it
> affects all of us, even for thos who don't watch TV.
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