On 6/11/16, Michael Niedermayer <mich...@niedermayer.cc> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 01:55:01PM +0200, Clement Boesch wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 12:57:13PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > the MAINTAINERs file contains a bunch of inaccurate and outdated >> > entries. >> > >> > What should be done about this ? >> > should we remove everyone who was inactive in FFmpeg >> > (aka no commit/author since 2 years) as in git log --first-parent ... ? >> > should we mark everyone above as inactive instead like "(inactive)" >> > >> > shuuld someone send mails to everyone and ask if they stil maintain >> > the code they are listed for ? >> > >> >> I'd say at most 30% of the file is still accurate, which means 70% of the >> file could be dropped. And then we'll see that it's so small the file is >> mostly irrelevant. >> >> Now I'd rather have the file used as a "community profile" to look for >> qualified people in the various area of the project; or said differently, >> keep only applications, misc areas, communication, generic parts entries. >> >> I feel like this file had for mission to be used as an argument to make >> sure people are indeed responsible for their code (as in "hey you're the >> maintainer of X, please review my patch"). Does it work? Did it in the >> past? > > The file serves as the foundation of "who has/should have/needs > git write access" and who has op on IRC > (this works and worked) > > It serves as a list of arbiters case of disagreement > (that wasnt used much at least not litterally) > > Without a MAINTAINERs file git write access and irc op could become > more disputable > > I do like the unwritten? rule of > "if you maintain some code you have the last word about it" > "if you maintain some code you have git write access" > "if someone disagrees about someone else maintaining then he better > volunteers himself to do a better job" > > Now, if you look at the people who left FFmpeg over the years, i > think in many if not most cases it involved prior conflicts with other > developers over the area they worked on. > so the idea of > "if you maintain some code you have the last word about it" > is IMO important, this doesnt strictly need a maintainers file of > course. > But many people work on what is fun for them, and while removing the > file or chageing its meaning doesnt directly change that, i think we > should be carefull to avoid creating a difference between the people > actively working on the code and the ones being in charge about the > code in question. > > [...] > > -- > Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB > > Dictatorship: All citizens are under surveillance, all their steps and > actions recorded, for the politicians to enforce control. > Democracy: All politicians are under surveillance, all their steps and > actions recorded, for the citizens to enforce control. >
If this file is not going to be cleaned up it should be removed. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
