[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] dormant git accounts

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 11/12/2024 7:55 PM, compn wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:46:42 +0000
> Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/11/2024 7:34 PM, compn wrote:
>>> if your goal is to post old quotes, thats cool.  
>>
>> Woosh.
> 
> the quotes are from michael in 2015 saying elect a new leader. pretty
> sure we never elected one.
> 
> feel free to start a vote.

The lack of an election does not mean one retains BDFL.

>  
>>> one of my goals is to make sure that certain developers, who made
>>> their own project and then ran it into the ground, arent made as
>>> admins again. they had a good run but couldnt even make an
>>> announcement that their project had died. the last one out, did not
>>> turn out the lights.  
>>
>> I appreciate you going mask off.
>>
>> I don't consider this at all acceptable behavior.
> 
> my personal opinion of who can be root in our project is not acceptable
> behavior ? feel free to explain.

Your goal of specifically excluding certain members of the community because
you're salty about the past is not acceptable behavior in what should be an
inclusive community.

> i dont think you were an admin there, i wasnt including you in that
> list.

Irrelevant.

> although since you are listed as a member
> on https://github.com/libav/ , and you asked to be root @ ffmpeg, i'm asking you to do an administrative task and either update that github repo or take the steps to close it down.

It should be updated to say Libav is long dead, yes.

> i asked you in person at vdd last week if you met the requirements
> to administer ffmpeg (which iirc is just bare minimum "do you have 1+
> years of server administration experience"), and you declined to
> tell me if you met the requirements. which is fine, no one has to tell
> me anything.

You didn't ask me anything in person to my face, only rambled during
the meeting.

I also never proposed myself so I don't even know why that is relevant.

> 
> not answering simple questions in person, and not updating old
> github repositories makes me less inclined to vote for you as an
> administrator in the future. in my personal opinion.

I am forwarding these lies to the non-functionign CC. You're making stuff I never proposed
and that never happened, and it is inflamatory BS.

- Derek