On 14.08.2019, at 11:45, Paul B Mahol <one...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I strongly disagree with you. Why some people have subscription to security
> mailing list and I'm not allowed also?

Long version, explaining to the best of my knowledge and memory:
The people on it are on it because at some point it was considered necessary to 
have them on it.
You have not brought an argument why the project would need you to be on it in 
order to deal with issues in a satisfactory way.
Generally only basic technical skills are needed, enough to discuss the issue 
and potentially hand over to the maintainer. And whoever is involved in the 
releases is generally needed.
Beyond that I would describe it as a PR function (giving a polite and level 
headed response to a security researcher claiming something that is obvious 
nonsense to an FFmpeg developer tends to make things go much smoother), which I 
would have assumed to not be among your aspirations.
It's definitely not about a "right" or a "priviledge" or having "earned" it, 
it's about need.
And when possible a bit of trust (the personal kind, not just the "not 
malicious" kind which is of course an absolute requirement), though that might 
be more relevant for projects like Linux where really bad stuff causing stress 
and possibly conflicts tends to hit. Flame wars is the last thing one needs in 
the middle of dealing with a bad issue.

TL;DR is probably: one doesn't end up on security lists by asking to be on it 
but by persons Y and Z saying "we should/need to have person X on the list".
I am not aware of any such wishes (though admittedly I wouldn't be the one 
contacted about it I guess).
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