[FFmpeg-devel] root access voting

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi Remi

On Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 08:56:36PM +0900, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Le 2 novembre 2024 20:34:30 GMT+09:00, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> a écrit :
> >At teh current videolan developer days there where several surprise votes on FFmpegs
> >infractructure.
> 
> There were obviously no formal votes on anything since no GA meetings were held. To be honest, you are being awfully misleading and disparaging of the VDD (and it's not the first time) and its attendees, including a lot of community members.

The only information remotely made available was the
page attached (iam not posting the link itself as iam not sure thats read only)

and this contains multiple votes
"Should we? 9 vs 3 vs 20 (yes, no, abstain)"
"19 vs 0 vs 9 (yes, no, abstain)"

I very strongly object to you calling me "misleading and disparagin"
There was a meeting with no way to remotely participate
and there where multiple votes in that meeting
The attached text was the ONLY thing the members of the meeting published at the time
If thats misleading, then the members of the meeting published misleading
information


[...]

> >So let me try to reply to the idea of the general assembly choosing who has
> >root access.
> 
> The same argument was brought during the meeting.
> 
> >We have seen a raise of increasingly sophisticated attacks in recent times.
> >For example thx xz backdoor, where the maintainer was pressured by many people
> >to add jia tan as maintainer who then eventually added a sophisticated hidden
> >backdoor. Compromising xz and ssh. (Which almost was not even detected)
> >
> >We have seen batteries being exchanged by explosives by the mosad injuring
> >members of a terrorist organization and probably a few innocent people.
> >You may agree with fighting terror but do you agree with explosives,
> >in maybe the phone someone of your familiy bought on ebay ?
> 
> Comparing FFmpeg developers or their relatives with members of the Hezbollah is not a very effective way to convey your point

This is slander. I have never made such a comparission

I pointed out that there are groups which perform supply chain attacks. And that the GA
is vulnerable to it. These where simply examples of supply chain attacks

ill reply to the rest of your mail seprately as it becomes too convoluted in one mail.

thx

[...]

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