[FFmpeg-devel] Develop FFmpeg through your browser?

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

You raise good questions that certainly deserve further exploration, in
fact I'd be deeply supportive of such discussions. However...

On Sat, Nov 2, 2024 at 7:56 PM Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> That said, I find the discussions about such key decissions being done
> each year
> on "videolan developer days", inappropriate and hostile.
>

Why?

(I know, you explain further:)


> Such a conference is great for people to sozialize, meet, discuss
> technical things
> drink their favorit drinks together and eat their favorit foods together.
> but key project decissions should be discussed where everyone has equal
> access.
> (and not just the option of traveling around the world)
> Not only does this matter for fairness and finding the best solutions,
> there is
> also the danger of political parties forming from the clustering of people
> discussing mainly within their silos.
>

For me, interactive face-to-face discussions around these subjects, even
amongst only subsets of the full devgroup, are far superior compared to
endless email discussions. I see it as bazaar vs cathedral, where what
you're asking for is cathedral-style.

I agree this is not how decisions ought to be made, but early-stage
discussions like this should be fine.

Ronald