[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg governance

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM compn <ff at hawaiiantel.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:28:31 +0000, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
> wrote:
>
> > I personally don't want any control (I am not in GA or CC), I want the
> > people to control FFmpeg.
>
> iirc someone wanted, to improve security, to have releases and snapshots
> to be signed off by multiple people.
>
> i suggested at vdd in the ffmpeg meeting that a backup ffmpeg server
> could be made at videolan. ffmpeg snapshots and releases could be
> signed and hosted at videolan, or where ever. does not have to be
> videolan. we could go back to sourceforge even.
>
> anyone can do this today if they wanted. it doesnt require a vote. just
> a simple patch to src/download and whoever volunteers to admin the
> backup server.
>
> -compn

The whole point of having releases and snapshots signed off by
multiple people is that they are signed *at the same time* by multiple
people during the release process.
Your proposal does not appear to do this and of course continues the
status quo where one person controls everything.

Regards,
Kieran Kunhya