[FFmpeg-devel] Discussion about mails from 9 years ago Was: [PATCH 1/2] doc/community: Add a standard set of rules for software development mailing lists

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024, 19:09 Michael Niedermayer, <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> Hi Kieran
>
> I think this is off topic for this thread, but i will reply with adjusted
> Subject and as a new thread
>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 02:58:29PM +0000, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
> wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 12:23 PM Michael Niedermayer
> [...]
> > "In the email at the URL you provided
> > (https://ffmpeg.org//pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2015-July/176489.html),
> > Michael Niedermayer states:
> >
> > Root admin roles:
> > I will keep the server root admin role until there is an agreement who
> > should have it that is acceptable for the ffmpeg and libav
> > communities.
> > This confirms that Michael Niedermayer agrees to give root access of
> > the FFmpeg project to whomever both the FFmpeg and Libav communities
> > agree should have it."
>
> This is a very long time ago. And at the time i believed everyone would
> join and work together and that all hostilities where over.
> Yes i guess i was naive. (Or maybe i was thinking something else, its
> 9 years ago, who knows)
>
> Now reality is, Paul (the 2nd most active developer of all time) was
> bullied
> out of FFmpeg. In private mail he spoke about being treated like a slave.
>
> And in the last 3 weeks, alot of hostilities have hit me, so i kind of
> feel a little like Paul maybe felt.
>

One of the reasons Paul left was because you tried to ram SDR into this
project in spite of huge objections from the community. There are other
areas like sonic and libpostproc where he is unhappy with your actions.

Yet again you don't have the right to hold this project to ransom based on
your whims. If anything you doing this proves that you shouldn't be de
facto leader.

We have a GA and the GA leads the project, not you.

Kieran

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