[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 0/5] doc/developer: Add subsection about patch submission via FFstaging

[Lynne]

On 08/05/2025 13:33, softworkz . wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Lynne
>> Sent: Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2025 13:20
>> To: ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
>> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 0/5] doc/developer: Add subsection about
>> patch submission via FFstaging
>>
>> On 08/05/2025 12:22, ffmpegagent wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: softworkz softworkz at hotmail.com
>>>
>>> softworkz (5):
>>>     doc/developer: Move checklist into Submitting Patches chapter
>>>     doc/developer: Move codecs/formats checklist into Development Policy
>>>       chapter
>>>     doc/developer: Reorder Submission procedures content
>>>     doc/developer: Merge Review paragraphs and deduplicate
>>>     doc/developer: Add subsection about patch submission via FFstaging
>>>
>>>    doc/developer.texi | 234 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>>>    1 file changed, 127 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-)
>>>
>>>
>>> base-commit: 1b643e3f65d75a4e6a25986466254bdd4fc1a01a
>>> Published-As: https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg/releases/tag/pr-ffstaging-
>> 76%2Fsoftworkz%2Fsubmit_website_update-v1
>>> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg pr-ffstaging-
>> 76/softworkz/submit_website_update-v1
>>> Pull-Request: https://github.com/ffstaging/FFmpeg/pull/76
>>
>> No.
>> We're not going to accept patches via github. Not when we're going to
>> enable the forgejo instance soon, as there's an agreement.
> 
> 
> This is not about patch acceptance on GitHub. It doesn't stand in contradiction
> or competition to ForgeJo (which I do support moving to).
> 
> It is simply a tool for sending patches to the mailing list. It has no value
> outside of the ML workflow. The service is public, everybody can use it,
> patches arrive on the ML - nobody needs to care where they're coming from
> or how they were generated.
> 
> All my patches are going this route, btw.
You're free to use any tool you like. But this patchset makes it official.
Pointing out that it's just a service or a tool that anyone can run is 
in conflict with the fact that.
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