[FFmpeg-devel] Forgejo entry threshold

[Kacper Michajlow]

On Tue, 5 Aug 2025 at 15:10, Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
>
> Leon Grutters (HE12025-08-04):
> > Is it that much harder to submit a patch on the ML? All you do is sign up
> > for the ML, run one git command and then attach it to an email and click
> > send.
>
> No, it is not harder at all, but it has the reputation to be, which has
> the same result.
>
> Nowadays, any idiot wannabe coder already has a github account and knows
> how to fumble on a similar webapp without having ever heard of
> etiquette, coding style or good practices. At least, when learning
> involves reading a doc instead of clicking randomly on buttons, they
> would have an occasion to.

Those "idiot wannabe coders," as you call them, are simply not
interested in low-level C/ASM media processing libraries. They use
Playskool Plastic Tool Kit to develop web applications in javascript.

Seriously, I think elitism and gatekeeping are not the right approach.
Judging someone's contribution quality based on whether they use gmail
or other "non-approved" tools is unfair. It saddens me that this kind
of attitude comes from a senior member of the community with so much
experience in the project.

The whole point is to attract new contributors and make the workflow
easier for everyone to improve productivity. If you care about
quality, go review the patches.

- Kacper