[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] avcodec/s302m: enable non-PCM decoding

Anton Khirnov anton at khirnov.net
Sat Feb 17 21:55:43 EET 2024


Quoting Gyan Doshi (2024-02-17 13:37:38)
> On 2024-02-17 05:52 pm, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > Quoting Gyan Doshi (2024-02-17 12:46:27)
> >> As a TC member who is part of the disagreement, I believe your
> >> participation is recused.
> > No, I do not think "TC members who commented on a patch lose their right
> > to vote" is a reasonable interpretation of that rule.
> 
> I refer to
> 
> "If the disagreement involves a member of the TC, that member should 
> recuse themselves from the decision"
> 
> at
> 
> https://ffmpeg.org/community.html#Announcement
> 
> You clearly are one of the parties to the disagreement, and "recuse 
> themselves from the decision" is self-explanatory.

Such a maximalist interpretation makes no sense - why should my opinion
become invalid because I commented on a patch, but not if I kept it to
myself and let someone else object to your patch?

And as Rémi said, it would lead to perverse counterproductive
incentives, such as TC members refraining from reviewing code.

-- 
Anton Khirnov


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