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

[Paul B Mahol]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 11:58 PM Vittorio Giovara <
vittorio.giovara at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>

By that time, if not already, GA will be majority of active bots or
majority of active controlled figures.

So in that hypothetical case, (I hope it does not happen), 0 transparency
and 0 innovations,
with questionable commits and contributors will remain in project, if not
already happening.

Its 2024 year, and FFmpeg still does not have proper subtitle support.
I could continue writing and adding more to the list, but I'm very generous
today.


> --
> Vittorio
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