[FFmpeg-devel] Develop FFmpeg through your browser?

[Nicolas George]

Michael Niedermayer (12024-11-03):
> We can install gitlab on our infrastructure, if the community decides that it
> wants gitlab. We can also install anything else the community wants.

If we want a more-than-monthly emergency security update and the dozens
of minutes of associated downtime, then by all means let us install
GitLab on own infrastructure.

(And just to be clear, that was not me volunteering to manage it. I am
already fed up with the two I have inherited.)

More generally, these “forges” that try to do everything unavoidably are
passable or mediocre at each thing they do. The benefit of having
everything integrated together is completely cancelled by not using the
best tool for each task.

The main benefit is for people who are already familiar with these tools
and will not need to learn another process.

That leads me to my third point: It seems to me the demands that we move
to such a tool mostly come from people who would have contributed
anyway. People who want their code in, shifting the burden of
maintenance to the project, but do not want to invest time into learning
different tools, even when they are superior.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George