[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] clarifying the TC conflict of interest rule

[Niklas Haas]

On Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:56:02 +0100 Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 12:36:21AM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 03, 2024 at 10:57:43PM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > > Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2024-03-03 03:49:33)
> [...]
> > >
> > > > Please add the vote options: (I belive this gives the people a more
> > > > complete set of choices)
> > >
> > > Why do you feel you need to bestow all these options upon "the people"?
> > 
> > The point of a vote is to find out what the people want.
> > The word democracy means
> > government by the people. especially : rule of the majority. : a government
> > in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them
> > 
> > For this they need to have the choice.
> > 
> > Normally we discuss disagreements, try to find consensus and move that way
> > but here you disregard this and try to push forward with a vote while
> > blocking your exact own text in one of the 3 patches that your vote
> > would add.
> > 
> 
> > I hope very much that people even if they agree with the change vote
> > against it because what you do here is not how democracy should work.
> 
> I didnt word this well.
> what i meant is people should vote in favor of the option
> they favor (no matter what that is)
> 
> But if they are presented with a vote that tries to take away their choice
> to funnel them into some other option, they should not accept this.

I think there was by now sufficient time for everybody with a dissenting
opinion to voice it.

As such, +1 to moving on with voting.