[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

[James Almer]

On 11/24/2024 5:43 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 04:11:42PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
>> On 11/24/2024 4:09 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Huh?? By whom?
> 
> by the community, by us all
> 
> maybe "bullied" is a badly choosen word here, but the way i understand it, is paul
> dislike having to deal with "disturbing" reviews

I think only Nicolas was against his patches in general, sometimes for a 
fair reason, others probably not so much. I at least helped him every 
time i could.

There has to be another reason for him to leave like he did.

> 
> And i can here only speak of myself not about how paul sees it, so it
> is my view here:
> 
> Posting a patch that is technically correct and fine and then having to
> deal with endless debates is annoying.
> 
> Thats also why i keep asking for plugin support, as it allows people
> to work on their code under their own terms.
> 
> thx
> 
> [...]
> 
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