Hi On Tue, 26 Nov 2024, at 14:11, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > But thats not what iam talking about > > with "eternal debates" i mean things like discussions about > > * the value of tests (yes they are valuable), teh discussion here yet > ended with some people refusing to add tests, and in another case > removing sidedata tests on framecrc > > * debates about at which point code can be in the master repository > vs some external place that no user uses > > * debates on guilt about booths > > * debates on intelectual property rules > > * debates on infrastructure > > * debates on deleted twitter posts > > * debates on what is in scope for ffmpeg and what should be rejected because > it > doesnt belong here > > * debates on slander > > * debates on lies, infighting > > * debates on VCSs > > * debates on moving control over servers > > * debates on infrastructure > > * debates on who said what 9 years ago > > * debates on hosting of servers that have been hosted at the same place > for decades > > * debates on recording and remote participation on meetings > > * debates on someone leaving a booth to eat > > * debates on jokes as if they where no joke while konwing they where a joke > > * debates on removing code other community members intend to work on > > * debates on peoples contributions out of spite to take revenge and > block their work > > * debates plain for the sake of debating > > * debates if trolling should be forbidden on the ML > > And i think we can add a few more pages, if we wanted but thats a sample of > what i meant and what i do not enjoy
This is what managing an open source project is about, or if you prefer, open source governance. We understand you don't like open source project management. JBK (PS: And many people don't like that, that's why there are usually different mailing lists for technical and non-technical debates, on the vast majority of open source projects. And also for privacy reasons.) -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf - President +33 672 704 734 https://jbkempf.com/ _______________________________________________ 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".
