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

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 09:26:19PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> 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

it was LICENSE.md not COPYING

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