> -----Original Message----- > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-boun...@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Michael > Niedermayer > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 8:30 AM > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Haihao Xiang for vaapi > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 04:04:39PM +0000, Eoff, Ullysses A wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-boun...@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Soft > > > Works > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 10:56 PM > > > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> > > > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Haihao Xiang for > > > vaapi > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-boun...@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of U. > > > > Artie > > > > Eoff > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 5:08 AM > > > > To: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > > > > Cc: U. Artie Eoff <ullysses.a.e...@intel.com> > > > > Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Haihao Xiang for vaapi > > > > > > > > Current listed maintainers for vaapi plugin are > > > > not reponsive and/or currently active in the > > > > ffmpeg community. Thus, vaapi plugin patches > > > > (and qsv plugin) have generally gone ignored or > > > > lost in the ether for too long. > > > > > > > > Remove Gwenole Beauchesne from vaapi maintainer > > > > who has not been active since 2016. > > > > > > > > Current alternative maintainer for vaapi is Mark > > > > Thompson whom has not been active since > > > > March/April 2021. > > > > > > > > Therefore, add Haihao Xiang to vaapi maintainer > > > > who's primary role is FFmpeg development with a > > > > focus on the vaapi and qsv plugins. Haihao has > > > > over a decade of media experience and many years > > > > of FFmpeg development experience, amongst other > > > > media frameworks. > > > > > > > > The additional patch for adding Haihao as qsv > > > > plugin maintainer has been submitted previously: > > > > > > > > https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/20210608141134.27448-1- > > > > zhongli_...@126.com/ > > > > > > > > This will help FFmpeg to continue to be the leading > > > > multimedia framework by allowing these plugins to be > > > > actively improved, enhanced, and maintained for existing > > > > and future HW platforms. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: U. Artie Eoff <ullysses.a.e...@intel.com> > > > > --- > > > > MAINTAINERS | 4 ++-- > > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > > > index dcac46003ecd..fddf065a3abb 100644 > > > > --- a/MAINTAINERS > > > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > > > @@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ Hardware acceleration: > > > > dxva2* Hendrik Leppkes, Laurent Aimar, > > > > Steve Lhomme > > > > d3d11va* Steve Lhomme > > > > mediacodec* Matthieu Bouron, Aman Gupta > > > > - vaapi* Gwenole Beauchesne > > > > - vaapi_encode* Mark Thompson > > > > + vaapi* Haihao Xiang > > > > + vaapi_encode* Mark Thompson, Haihao Xiang > > > > vdpau* Philip Langdale, Carl Eugen > > > > Hoyos > > > > videotoolbox* Rick Kern, Aman Gupta > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Whatever it might count: This has my support. Haihao is the > > > most suitable candidate from all who I've been working with on > > > QSV issues (on and off-list) in the past two years. > > > > > > The current situation is far from ideal. In other areas, commits are > > > pushed timely and frequently, while there's hardly any progress made > > > in the Intel area, despite the amount of developer resources they > > > are providing. > > > Even the most trivial and straightforward patches are lying around > > > for months without action. It really shouldn't be like that. > > > > > > @Artie - you might want to update the patch and also add him for QSV. > > > > > > > @softworkz, thank you for your kind support. There is already another > > patch submitted to add Haihao for QSV... see link in my commit > > message. I have also just bumped that patch again. > > > > We're looking forward to seeing some progress here 😉. > > Has anyone approved it, especially the people previously listed > Has anyone objected? > Where the previous sole maintainers CC-ed on this change ?
I have not seen any objections. I just added Mark to CC using their email found on this ML. Unfortunately, we don't have current email contact for Gwenole (whom has not worked on ffmpeg for ~6 years). Who else can make the approval, aside from the inactive people previously listed? > > thx > > [...] > -- > Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB > > The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the > dead. -- Aristotle _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
