[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: mark vf_volumedetect as unmaintained

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi Yiğithan Yiğit

On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 11:52:52PM +0200, Yigithan Yigit wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I am new to community, and I am not sure about qualifications of maintainer but If you prefer I can be the maintainer. 

some libavfilter filters may be difficult to maintain currently
(thats because of pauls fork and paul working on libavfilter)

So if you want to try, you can, but there likely will be
problems that would not occur in other parts of teh codebase.

if you want to try, some suggestions on what you could do
* setup a clone of ffmpeg (on github or elsewhere) unless you already have one
* set a branch up there with your changes, make sure requested modifications have been done
* once you are happy with the code and everyone else had a chance to
  review it and noone had remaining complaints and the latest patches are on ffmpeg-devel
  with noone complaining,
  -> simply ask me to apply the patches, ill then wait another 24h and if noone complains
  apply them
* if this works for a few iterations then you should send a patch that adds you to
  MAINTAINERS
* Now the extra problem, if you want a challence. As Paul also works on it.
  As maintainer, you should look at pauls work and bring it to ffmpeg.
  This has several complexities beyond what you might expect.
  First obvious, the authorship of all commits needs to be correct
  Second, paul has changed the license in COPYING to GPLv2 but not in the file
  header of af_volumedetect.c So before any work from pauls fork can be included,
  this contradition needs to be understood / resolved. You could start a discussion
  about this here or with paul ... And obviously once this is clarified, any
  included code from paul must comply to the license. Which could also mean that
  no changes from him to af_volumedetect can be included.

Thx

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