Am 26.03.20 um 20:41 schrieb Lou Logan: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, at 11:16 AM, Nomis101 wrote: >> In ticket 3595, I've learned, that a missing sponsor can hinder >> bringing in patches to FFmpeg [1]. But I still quite don't understand >> what a sponsor actually is. Because I don't want to spam the ticket >> with my non-developer question, I thought it might be better to ask in >> the mailinglist. What makes a sponsor so important to fix a ticket? >> How to find a sponsor for a ticket? And, what people can become a >> sponsor? Thanks. >> >> [1] https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3595#comment:15 > > A sponsor is simply a person or organization willing to fund development > of a feature or big fix that interests them. Anyone can be a sponsor.
Oh, cool. That means I could also be a sponsor. If you say, willing to fund development, how much money are we talking about in general? > > A ticket does not need a sponsor, and the vast majority do not get > sponsored, but it may provide the initiative or motivation for it to get > implemented. > > We have no official, standard process for sponsorship, but you can > mention that you are willing to be a sponsor in a comment in a bug > report/feature request on the bug tracker. The rest is up to you and any > interested developer(s). Thanks, good to know! > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".