[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] 5 year plan & Inovation

[Vittorio Giovara]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 12:48 PM Ronald S. Bultje <rsbultje at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 2:06 PM Vittorio Giovara <
> vittorio.giovara at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM Diederick C. Niehorster <
> > dcnieho at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > If i recall correctly, there was a conversation not too long ago about
> > what
> > > to do with all the SPI money. This seems to be a perfect use for it.
> > > 1. Set up and manage a gitlab instance
> > > 2. Move tickets from trac to there (possibly)
> > > 3. Move fate running to there
> > >
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Another good idea would be to show negative influences the door, and not
> > being afraid to ban them when needed.
> > Currently the CC is supposed to decide that but idk how many and which
> > people have access to the mailing list control panel.
> >
>
> The CC does not have authority to permanently ban people. See (
> https://ffmpeg.org/community.html#Community-Committee-1): "The CC can
> remove privileges of offending members, including [..] temporary ban from
> the community. [..] Indefinite bans from the community must be confirmed by
> the General Assembly, in a majority vote."
>
> Enough of us have access to the ML admin interface to assume this will not
> be an issue.
>

Thanks for the clarification, it's good to know. So correct me if I'm
wrong, the theoretical banning process is that a repeated offender is
reported enough times, the CC notices that the temporary bans have had no
effects and decides to invoke the GA to confirm a ban?
-- 
Vittorio