[FFmpeg-devel] Democratization

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi Gyan

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 11:44:41PM +0530, Gyan Doshi wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2025-01-20 11:14 pm, Soft Works wrote:
> > - An indication that the aim and direction of the contribution is
> >    generally acceptable
> 
> This the crux of the matter. There appear to be two camps at odds with one
> another:
> 
> 1) a conservative camp which wants to avoid features or changes which don't
> neatly fit within a conventional pure architecture with clear separation of
> roles and duties, or features which are of use only to some users
> 
> and,
> 
> 2) a broadband camp which accepts features which are niche or which require
> some hybrid accommodation in its implementation.
> 
> For most of ffmpeg history, the latter has been the dominant camp. But not
> in recent history.
> Tweaking the structures or procedures of governance can't ultimately bridge
> this chasm. It's almost like these camps should be part of different
> projects.

We need plugins
please lobby for a plugin architecture

thx

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