[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] libpostproc splitout

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Hi

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024, at 14:11, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> But thats not what iam talking about
>
> with "eternal debates" i mean things like discussions about
>
> * the value of tests (yes they are valuable), teh discussion here yet
>   ended with some people refusing to add tests, and in another case
>   removing sidedata tests on framecrc
>
> * debates about at which point code can be in the master repository
>   vs some external place that no user uses
>
> * debates on guilt about booths
>
> * debates on intelectual property rules
>
> * debates on infrastructure
>
> * debates on deleted twitter posts
>
> * debates on what is in scope for ffmpeg and what should be rejected because it
> doesnt belong here
>
> * debates on slander
>
> * debates on lies, infighting
>
> * debates on VCSs
>
> * debates on moving control over servers
>
> * debates on infrastructure
>
> * debates on who said what 9 years ago
>
> * debates on hosting of servers that have been hosted at the same place 
> for decades
>
> * debates on recording and remote participation on meetings
>
> * debates on someone leaving a booth to eat
>
> * debates on jokes as if they where no joke while konwing they where a joke
>
> * debates on removing code other community members intend to work on
>
> * debates on peoples contributions out of spite to take revenge and 
> block their work
>
> * debates plain for the sake of debating
>
> * debates if trolling should be forbidden on the ML
>
> And i think we can add a few more pages, if we wanted but thats a sample of
> what i meant and what i do not enjoy

This is what managing an open source project is about, or if you prefer, open source governance.
We understand you don't like open source project management.

JBK

(PS: And many people don't like that, that's why there are usually different mailing lists for technical and non-technical debates, on the vast majority of open source projects. And also for privacy reasons.)

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