[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] web:call for maintainers

[Lou Logan]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:36:05 +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:

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> @@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ with the latest developments by subscribing to both the
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>  <h1>News</h1>
> +<a id="call_for_maintainers"></a><h3>December 22, 2011, Call For Maintainers</h3>
> +<p>
> +FFmpeg is moving faster than ever before, and with your help we could move even
> +faster. If you know C and git and want to maintain some part of ffmpeg you can

s/ffmpeg/FFmpeg

> +help us. Just, pick an area of the codebase you want to try to maintain,

Pick an area of the codebase you want to maintain,

> +clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

I'd prefer a link to the download page here instead of a git command:
...maintain, <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/download.html">download</a> the source, subscribe...

> +and start hacking on the code you are interrested in, review patches on the mailing
> +list, and fix bugs from our <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg">bug tracker</a>
> +that are related to the area you want to
> +maintain. Once you are happy with your work just send us a link to your public
> +git clone (for example from github).
> +If you have questions, or want to
> +know if some area has an active maintainer (our MAINTAINERs file is somewhat outdated)
> +just ask on ffmpeg-devel.

Non-programmers are welcome to contribute too. If you have questions, just ask on
<a href="https://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel/">ffmpeg-devel</a>
mailing list or our IRC channel #ffmpeg-devel.