[FFmpeg-devel] Request for immediate take of action

[Nicolas George]

Jean-Baptiste Kempf (12020-09-08):
> I think the explanation is quite aggressive and has absolutely nothing
> to do inside a git log, to be honest.
> 
> The fact that you disagree on the commit is fine, but being passive
> aggressive on a commit log is not OK, in my humble opinion. Especially
> when it will be in the history forever, and cannot be removed.

I can agree with that. I do not perceive what I have written to be
passive aggressive; if it is, it is the least to express the reasons for
the revert.

And yes, I will admit without dissimulation my frustration with Paul's
attitude towards me and towards other people in the project. Not taking
them into account would be tantamount to validating them. If it tainted
the wording of the commit message, then I am to blame, but so are Paul
and everybody who let him do much worse for a long time.

> Moreover, a revert should go through the mailing list like normal
> patches, and that's again, my opinion.

Under ideal circumstances, I would agree, but these are not normal
circumstances. But these are not normal circumstances, this commit was
pushed without review (I was about to review it when I noticed it has
already been pushed), by somebody who repeatedly threatens to abuse
their commit rights to push without approval, but will gladly leverage
rules we have in place to protect themselves.

Under these circumstances, an immediate revert was the only viable path.
This commit is harmful, it takes us farther from a proper implementation
of the movie source and would have delayed proper work on it. Despite
your remark, I still consider an immediate revert was the best choice.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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