[FFmpeg-devel] root access voting

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

There are several different topics in your mail so i will try to reply to
them one at a time

On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 09:56:47AM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2024-11-06 00:55:59)
> > This community has just a few months ago managed to loose the 2nd largest
> > contributor to a fork.
> > 
> > Instead of making "getting him back" a major talking point of the meeting.
> 
> If you care so much about getting Paul back, why are YOU not organizing
> the effort instead of repeatedly complaining that

I agree, i should but I think this is more a "finding a path forward
together" than a "coming back"


> * other developers choose to meet and discuss things THEY find important
> * you hate meetings and would prefer them to not happen at all
> 
> Not to mention little facts such as
> * no one here seems to be able to have a constructive interaction with
>   Paul on any topic, he refuses even to explain clearly why he made his
>   fork

I exchanged a mail with paul yesterday after a quite long time. And i find
his reply honest and constructive.


> * you cannot expect a community of tens of people to make it their top
>   priority to bend over backwards to accommodate one person

"one for all and all for one" seems a interresting concept for a team,
but thats just my oppinion.

thx

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