On 2014-08-28 18:58 +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:28:56 +0200, =?utf-8?B?Q2zDqW1lbnQgQsWTc2No?= > <u...@pkh.me> wrote: > > Kieran suggested tonight on #ffmpeg-devel to have a common mailing-list > > between the two projects to start communicating again in sane terms. > > > > The proposition would be a mailing-list where the 2 projects would send > > the patches that will make API evolutions. So the projects can continue to > > drop or add codecs & filters without caring about the other, but will try > > to communicate more about the API, for the sake of our common users. > > > > At first, I suggest that won't engage anything from any of the two > > projects (so we don't end up in a stalled states such as one project > > trying to block the other), but it could be seen as a way to introduce > > some common technical ground. > > > > What do you think? > > While some kind of non-hostile coexistence or even cooperation is desirable > and > might even be possible, I have large doubts that this specific approach can > work. > > First, some of your project's developers (most importantly your leader) > are being actively hostile to our project. That includes spreading FUD about > us > all over the internet, stalking our new contributors, etc. I do not think any > kind of cooperation can work while this crap goes on. > > Second, how do you propose this arrangement will actually function? As you > probably know, I see many of the API additions done in your project as ugly > hacks, and would be strongly opposed to having them in our tree in their > current > form. Conversely, some API changes done in Libav were AFAIK rejected by your > leader. So -- what happens when one side proposes a change that the other side > fundamentally disagrees with. > And furthermore -- what would ensure that the code actually gets pushed to > both > trees. Because otherwise there really is no point to this.
Please read what you wrote again; it is almost completely hostile towards FFmpeg... Alexander
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