[FFmpeg-devel] GitHub Integration

[Lynne]

2 Jan 2022, 04:28 by softworkz at hotmail.com:

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Soft Works
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:58 PM
>> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org>
>> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] GitHub Integration
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>> One component of the GitHub "Bridge" is a mirror of the ffmpeg-devel
>> mailing list as a Git repository which provides a web interfaces, can be
>> cloned via Git and can also be accessed from Atom feed readers.
>> This allows to follow the mailing list without subscribing. The web UI
>> might not be everybody's taste, though. It's the same that is used for
>> Linux kernel mailing lists (https://lore.kernel.org/git/).
>> I had to set this up as it's a requirement for the GitHub "Bridge", but
>> maybe it's useful for someone in other ways:
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>> https://master.gitmailbox.com/ffmpegdev/
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> I have just ACTIVATED patch submission via GitHub and submitted the first 
> patch through this method.
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> Pull requests can be created in this repository (for now):
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> https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg
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> What's not nice is that the submitted e-mail shows "ffmpegagent" as sender
> and patchwork is showing it under that name as well.
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> We'll need to see how this can be improved.
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I don't like it. Can't it use the author's name for emails?