[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] [RFC] [GA Vote required] Code of Conduct change re step down requests

[Vittorio Giovara]

On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 7:21 AM Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> >
> > Hey Micheal,
> >
> > Instead of flooding the CoC with a series of ad-personam rules that will
> > grant immunity to you and stifle any voice of dissent, can you answer
> > whether you're a professional admin or not? Ignoring the question will
> only
> > make your optics worse.
> >
> > Last I heard, you stepped down already
> > https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2015-July/176489.html, why are
> > you still behaving as project lead?
> >
> > Deciding what information on the infra is public or not, keeping the
> > MAINTAINERS file around, adding duties to the role, deciding the funding
> > amounts of the projects you're working on 1h before submission, and so
> on,
> > all seem to make you the de-facto leader, ***in my opinion***.
> >
>
> > Did something or someone made you change your mind?
>
> When i looked at how many mails you send in the last 3 weeks (29),
>
> How many mails you send in the 3 months prior (less than 1 mail per month)
>
> how many contributions you did to the code in the last year (3)
> and how many contributions i did to teh code base in the last year (531)
>

So basically you are dodging the question and invalidating my argument with
a "your opinion is invalid" response.


> And you ask me to resign, and have various other demands, like what should
> and should not be in the Code of Conduct. And in another thread
> say the way to make these mails from you stop is to do what you ask for.
>
> I dont know, but to me this doesnt add up.
>

The only demand that I have is that you do your job as a community member
and CC representative.
For sure you have more contributions than me, but you also are
* trying to gaslight the community about how several things happened (ie
STF, or Paul)
* trying to silence people who ask for scrutiny (ie _probably_ reporting me
and Derek to the CC) and adding silly rules to the CoC in this very thread
* trying to return the old maintainers style of maintenance by negating the
role and importance of the TC
* ignoring actual problems, like having a policy for booths, that are
damaging the reputation of the community
* making unreasonable demands to people who are actually trying to change
the situation for the better

Despite what you may think, I am not trying to flame you. I am just trying
to show you how things are perceived outside of your point of view, and why
people participating in these threads are legitimately worried about this
series of events.
Hope this helps.
-- 
Vittorio