Hi, You raise good questions that certainly deserve further exploration, in fact I'd be deeply supportive of such discussions. However...
On Sat, Nov 2, 2024 at 7:56 PM Michael Niedermayer <mich...@niedermayer.cc> wrote: > That said, I find the discussions about such key decissions being done > each year > on "videolan developer days", inappropriate and hostile. > Why? (I know, you explain further:) > Such a conference is great for people to sozialize, meet, discuss > technical things > drink their favorit drinks together and eat their favorit foods together. > but key project decissions should be discussed where everyone has equal > access. > (and not just the option of traveling around the world) > Not only does this matter for fairness and finding the best solutions, > there is > also the danger of political parties forming from the clustering of people > discussing mainly within their silos. > For me, interactive face-to-face discussions around these subjects, even amongst only subsets of the full devgroup, are far superior compared to endless email discussions. I see it as bazaar vs cathedral, where what you're asking for is cathedral-style. I agree this is not how decisions ought to be made, but early-stage discussions like this should be fine. Ronald _______________________________________________ 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".
