Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2023-10-10 13:56:45) > Hi all > > a vote on the General Assembly composition was apparently initiated with > a duration of 6 days, i saw this in my inbox: > "1009 23:49 Jean-Baptiste K (3,4K) Poll: FFmpeg AG members rules" > > There was no real prior discussion on the mailing list about this. > There are 2 choices which are similar > (update the list before each vote and update it twice a year) > And a 3rd option that is probably not what the "opposition" wants I think > (use the 2020 version, never update)
"opposition"? Who is this opposition, who are they opposed to, and why the scare quotes? > First its neccessary to give the community a chance to discuss the GA > composition > choices, collect suggestions and then do a vote The community did have the chance to discuss this. The point was raised at VDD over 2 weeks ago, at the developer meeting you participated in. You even commented on this specific point. Then a summary of the meeting (including the intent to have a vote on this) was sent to this mailing list. If there was no discussion then perhaps it was because nobody was interested in discussing it. > Now iam quite unprepared to really suggest something as i also didnt think > about this > much or expect this vote now but at least something like > * keep everyone who had vote rights but add active developers each jan/july > > Is a more honest choice for the "opposition" than "never update" Why did you not suggest this choice before? You had more than two weeks to do so. > But hey why this matters, you might ask ? > just recently we discussed having the domain be controlled by the GA > now someone started a vote with no prior discussion on the ML (there was > discussion in VDD only) > basically only one real option to choose and 6 days duration. > You might be happy with this specific change here in this case but > This is one reason why I was so scared in relation to the GA controlling > the domain. The GA composition is a dynamic thing with the way its setup > currently and with this, can easily become very different from what anyone > expects. > This year you spend all your time in FFmpeg and are part of the GA, next > someone else makes all decissions about FFmpeg and you have no vote in it. > > ABout this vote, I think this vote should be paused and proper disscussion > should start, IF there is a need to do this vote now. > Debian uses 2 weeks minimum discussion and 2 weeks voting IIRC so thats a > start point for important votes like this one. > For unimporatnt things (like SDR) something like a 7 day vote if noone minds > should be fine but for things critical to FFmpegs decission making, i do not > think these should be rushed. I see no reason to pause anything. There were over two weeks to discuss this point. -- Anton Khirnov _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
