[FFmpeg-devel] how to create sub project / git repo under FFMPEG

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019, at 11:05, Nicolas George wrote:
> Guo, Yejun (12019-07-18):
> > I personally prefer github to host the repo, the repo name might be
> > ffmpeg_dnn_material or ffmpeg_dnn_data, or something others. I'm open
> > to the name, just up to you.
> > 
> > My plan is to first ask authors of filter vf_sr and vf_derain to move
> > their dnn material to this new repo from their personal repos. (see
> > personal repo at
> > https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/blob/HEAD:/doc/filters.texi#l8370
> > and https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/blob/HEAD:/doc/filters.texi#l16718) 
> > 
> > So, once there is a need to update these dnn material, FFMPEG
> > community can accept the pull request, instead of waiting for the
> > authors who might ignore it for a long time.
> 
> When you say "FFMPEG community can accept the pull request", you mean
> into the official repository?
> 
> If so, then I strongly oppose anything like that: relying on GitHub or
> any commercial / proprietary Git infrastructure, and depending on
> web-based features.

Gitlab on videolan is the open source version, since we only rely on open source software for the whole infrastructure,
and you can use gitlab in CLI, and/or disable MR if you want (basically using it like a dumb git repo, if you want).

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