[FFmpeg-user] What is a sponsor?

[Paul B Mahol]

On 3/27/20, Nomis101 <Nomis101 at web.de> wrote:
>
>
> Am 26.03.20 um 20:41 schrieb Lou Logan:
>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, at 11:16 AM, Nomis101 wrote:
>>> In ticket 3595, I've learned, that a missing sponsor can hinder
>>> bringing in patches to FFmpeg [1]. But I still quite don't understand
>>> what a sponsor actually is. Because I don't want to spam the ticket
>>> with my non-developer question, I thought it might be better to ask in
>>> the mailinglist. What makes a sponsor so important to fix a ticket?
>>> How to find a sponsor for a ticket? And, what people can become a
>>> sponsor? Thanks.
>>>
>>> [1] https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3595#comment:15
>>
>> A sponsor is simply a person or organization willing to fund development
>> of a feature or big fix that interests them. Anyone can be a sponsor.
>
> Oh, cool. That means I could also be a sponsor. If you say, willing to fund
> development,
> how much money are we talking about in general?

Lot of money, it depends on scope and importance of new feature
that is gonna be implemented.

>
>>
>> A ticket does not need a sponsor, and the vast majority do not get
>> sponsored, but it may provide the initiative or motivation for it to get
>> implemented.
>>
>> We have no official, standard process for sponsorship, but you can
>> mention that you are willing to be a sponsor in a comment in a bug
>> report/feature request on the bug tracker. The rest is up to you and any
>> interested developer(s).
>
> Thanks, good to know!
>
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