Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-25 Thread compn
On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:51:25 -0600 Roger Pack wrote: > I guess most of the decision making will be decided in person or > something like that [?] no, we arent making decisions in person. this is something i can speak for the project on. i'm guessing its less than 10 ffmpeg devels showing up to

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-25 Thread wm4
On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:23:47 +0200 Jan Ehrhardt wrote: > Roger Pack in gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel (Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:51:25 > -0600): > >I will also admit my one other concern: that without Michael there > >won't be enough active leadership *total* to "fix all the annoying > >bugs" and everyt

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-25 Thread Jan Ehrhardt
Roger Pack in gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel (Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:51:25 -0600): >I will also admit my one other concern: that without Michael there >won't be enough active leadership *total* to "fix all the annoying >bugs" and everything. There is another concern: Michael was doing the merges from

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-24 Thread Ganesh Ajjanagadde
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Roger Pack wrote: > On 7/31/15, Michael Niedermayer wrote: >> Hi all >> >> Ive been in FFmepg since 14 years and been the leader since 11 years >> and i feel that iam not the best person for the leader position. >> I had hoped for a long time that the fork situati

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-24 Thread Roger Pack
On 7/31/15, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > Hi all > > Ive been in FFmepg since 14 years and been the leader since 11 years > and i feel that iam not the best person for the leader position. > I had hoped for a long time that the fork situation would resolve and > both sides somehow merging back into

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-04 Thread tim nicholson
On 03/08/15 20:43, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 08:51:10AM +0100, tim nicholson wrote: >> On 31/07/15 17:19, Michael Niedermayer wrote: >>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:37:12PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote: >>> [...] So in order for the community to continue this, I'd say w

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-03 Thread Michael Niedermayer
On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 08:51:10AM +0100, tim nicholson wrote: > On 31/07/15 17:19, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:37:12PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote: > > [...] > >> So in order for the community to continue this, I'd say we probably need > >> to have some help for: > >>

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-03 Thread tim nicholson
On 31/07/15 17:19, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:37:12PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote: > [...] >> So in order for the community to continue this, I'd say we probably need >> to have some help for: >> >> - guidelines on the merge strategies >> - step-by-step on the release pr

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-08-02 Thread Stefano Sabatini
On date Friday 2015-07-31 15:53:04 +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > Hi all > > Ive been in FFmepg since 14 years and been the leader since 11 years > and i feel that iam not the best person for the leader position. > I had hoped for a long time that the fork situation would resolve and > both s

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Jean-Baptiste Kempf
On 31 Jul, wm4 wrote : > > Thanks to everyone, for everything they did and will do in the future > > for FFmpeg and the community ! > > I didn't always agree with your way of maintaining FFmpeg, but the work > you did was impressive. I also hope that this will eventually lead to > FFmpeg and Libav

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Michael Niedermayer
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 09:54:52PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 09:27:00PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:37:12PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote: > > [...] > > > So in order for the community to continue this, I'd say we probably need > >

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Michael Niedermayer
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 09:27:00PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:37:12PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote: > [...] > > So in order for the community to continue this, I'd say we probably need > > to have some help for: > > > > - guidelines on the merge strategies > > Th

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Michael Niedermayer
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:37:12PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote: [...] > So in order for the community to continue this, I'd say we probably need > to have some help for: > > - guidelines on the merge strategies The merge process i used is quite simple 1. merge.conflictstyle=diff3 (in git config s

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread wm4
On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:53:04 +0200 Michael Niedermayer wrote: > Hi all > > Ive been in FFmepg since 14 years and been the leader since 11 years > and i feel that iam not the best person for the leader position. > I had hoped for a long time that the fork situation would resolve and > both sides

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Michael Niedermayer
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:37:12PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote: [...] > So in order for the community to continue this, I'd say we probably need > to have some help for: > > - guidelines on the merge strategies > - step-by-step on the release process > - some overview on the sysadmin state (like,

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Michael Niedermayer
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 05:37:12PM +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 03:53:04PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Ive been in FFmepg since 14 years and been the leader since 11 years > > and i feel that iam not the best person for the leader position. > > I h

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Clément Bœsch
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 03:53:04PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > Hi all > > Ive been in FFmepg since 14 years and been the leader since 11 years > and i feel that iam not the best person for the leader position. > I had hoped for a long time that the fork situation would resolve and > both s

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread compn
On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:53:04 +0200 Michael Niedermayer wrote: > Hi all oh no glorious leader has resigned. oh well. thanks for putting up with all of that crap, michael. ffmpeg has become one of those projects that is required on all puters now. without your hard work it may have fallen to gstr

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Ganesh Ajjanagadde
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > Hi all > > Ive been in FFmepg since 14 years and been the leader since 11 years > and i feel that iam not the best person for the leader position. > I had hoped for a long time that the fork situation would resolve and > both sides some

[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpegs future and resigning as leader

2015-07-31 Thread Michael Niedermayer
Hi all Ive been in FFmepg since 14 years and been the leader since 11 years and i feel that iam not the best person for the leader position. I had hoped for a long time that the fork situation would resolve and both sides somehow merging back into one team. All the Libav developers joining FFmpeg