[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] dormant git accounts

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 11/12/2024 5:05 PM, James Almer wrote:
> This is not true. I have write access to the website, for example, as do 
> others. And Michael cuts releases because he was given the task, not 
> because nobody else can or want. And nobody prevents anyone from just 
> fetching a git tag instead (Distros like Arch do, after all).

It is true, he has acecss to do all of it. Just because others do, doesn't
mean he can't. I am nto syaing he *will*, I'm using it as an example of
the issue.

> 
> Also, the xz fiasco is precisely what prompted him to write a script to 
> compare the contents of tarballs with their respective git tags, and a 
> patch for the security page on the website. It's on the ML.

Not discoverable, for sure.

- Derek