[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] avcodec/s302m: enable non-PCM decoding

[Nicolas George]

Anton Khirnov (12024-02-18):
> A non-maximalist interpretation would be that a TC member is only
> excluded from voting when they authored the patch that is being
> disputed.

If the rules were meant to be interpreted that way, they would have been
written “if the patch was proposed by a member of the TC“, not “if the
disagreement involves a member of the TC”.

The world is “involves”, its meaning is inherently maximalist.

> Anything handled by the TC is a disagreement. Then according to your
> interpretation, any TC member who expressed an opinion on a patch
> (either positive or negative) becomes a party to the disagreement and
> cannot vote.

Exactly: you were part of this disagreement, you should recuse yourself.

>		That is absurd and makes no sense.

That makes absolute sense, unless you consider your opinion is worth
more than the opinion of the other people in the project.

A spot on the TC is not a license to consider one's opinion above the
other's, and therefore comes with a trade-off, and it is exactly that.

There are other members of the TC who did not take part in the
discussion: recusing yourself is not an issue.

Sitting on the TC is a duty, a responsibility to examine in details
changes one do not care about to make an informed decision. Somebody who
sees it as a means to power rather than a responsibility should be
evicted as soon as possible.

-- 
  Nicolas George