[FFmpeg-devel] [POLL] [VOTE] code.ffmpeg.org

[Philip Langdale]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:43:57 +0200
Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> Do people want Forgejo or Gitlab on code.ffmpeg.org for testing?
> 
> F. code.ffmpeg.org should run Forgejo
> G. code.ffmpeg.org should run Gitlab
> 
> all GA members can vote, by publically replying here with a
> "F." / "Forgejo" vs "G." / "Gitlab"
> End time is in 7 days unless teh community wants to extend that.
> (or do people want a formal vote to be setup? on vote.ffmpeg.org)
> 
> After we decide what to run on code.ffmpeg.org, I intend to
> * apply the CI patches which timo currently keeps rebasing on the
> Forgejo git (maybe timo can post these to ffmpeg-devel)
> 
> * extend my github cronjob to autosync Forgejo or Gitlab too
>   (or someone else can set one up)
> 
> * announce code.ffmpeg.org publically so people can start submitting
>   and reviewing on it as an alternative to the ML
> 
> * and a month or 2 after that we can re-asses how many people use
> code.ffmpeg.org and how many use the ML. Then we could decide to keep
> using both in parallel or switch back to ML or just use
> code.ffmpeg.org. Or in fact we could switch between Gitlab or Forgejo
> here still as well.
> 
> thx
> 

F.

I do not actually have a strong opinion, but I know Timo already got
Forgejo set up, and so we should take advantage of that.

--phil