[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] fateserver

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi Marth64

adding Timothy and baptiste to the CC

On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 12:36:08AM -0600, Marth64 wrote:
> I'm willing to help. I have experience with Node.JS and Express (the
> rewrite).

great.

So i guess the first goal would be to make it possible to switch
fate.ffmpeg.org to the rewrite thats ATM available on fatebeta.ffmpeg.org

Does anyone know whats missing in teh rewrite ?
I do know it doesnt start automatically, i have to after every reboot manually
cd into its directory and do a npm start
(this obviously should be automatic and maybe it should be restarted if it dies)

the rewrite really runs under the fate account ATM.

So what are the next steps here ?
* we need to have it come up automatic on reboots (whats the proper way for
  this node js stuff to autostart?)
* we need to know whats missing in the rewrite relative to the old code
* things need to be documented (if they are not)
* missing things need to be implemented
* all things need to be tested
  what i mean by this is a simple test setup of the fateserver + a fate
  client + the showing up properly in a browser.
* missing things need to be deployed (and verified that they work)
  for this i think the easiest will be to give you ssh access to the
  fate account on the fateserver (and root if needed and baptiste agrees)
* and then we just rename the fatebeta thing with fate

If i am missing anything please someone correct me.
Otherwise, i think you can start working anytime you like and if theres
anything you need please tell me or reply here or in a new thread.

thx

> 
> Thank you,
> 
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 11:49 AM Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all
> >
> > Both fateserver and the fateserver rewrite lack a mainteiner
> >
> > The original:
> > https://fate.ffmpeg.org/
> > perl code here:
> > https://git.ffmpeg.org/fateserver
> >
> > The rewrite (from Timothy Gu unmaintained since 2016)
> > https://fatebeta.ffmpeg.org/
> > https://github.com/TimothyGu/fateserver-node
> >
> > Really only one of these need to be maintained, but one needs to be
> >
> > If you know someone who may be interersted in this, please tell me
> >
> > The situation ATM, where when someone reports an issue, theres noone
> > responsible, noone taking care of it even with simple issues. Is really
> > not good
> >
> > thx
> >
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