[FFmpeg-devel] GSoC 2025

[Soft Works]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> compn
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2025 3:53 PM
> To: ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] GSoC 2025
> 
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:20:19 -0800, Koushik Dutta wrote:
> 
> > Why gitlab and not GitHub? If the intent is on making contribution
> from new
> > developers easier, I think the workflow should be where the
> majority of
> > developers are actively participating.
> 
> is there a way to bridge github with a mailinglist or with gitlab?
> 
> theres no reason why we cant have multiple ways to contribute to
> ffmpeg.
> 
> have pull requests send notifications to this mailing list?
> https://github.com/settings/notifications
> 
> -compn

There's a working integration which does not only send notifications, it even sends pull requests as patches to the mailing list and mirrors comments from the ML as PR comments. Also handles version updates, performs checks, test build with FATE and requires a successful build+FATE before sending to the ML:

https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg

Explanation: https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg/wiki

sw