[FFmpeg-devel] [DECISION] Ban Nicolas George from project

Ulf Zibis Ulf.Zibis at CoSoCo.de
Sun May 19 16:51:05 EEST 2019


Am 18.05.19 um 23:48 schrieb Alexander Strasser:
> This is so sad :(
> And I am looking at both of you Nicolas and Paul.
>
> From what I know libavfilter wouldn't be anywhere near where it is today
> without you two!
+1

> There needs to be room for discussion on the mailing list. If Nicolas
> has a comment that "blocks" one of your patches Paul, you should be
> polite and try to implement it or to find convincing argument that
> shows that it is better to do things differently. Yes, the process
> can be weary and demotivating at times.
>
> OTOH Nicolas should accept that often perfect is the enemy of good and
> having a solution now can be better than having it later or never. Also
> I think it is required to provide help and pointers and not only to say
> it is blocked because of X. Just less black and white. The world isn't
> ideal and there are advantages and drawbacks to each and every thing.

OTOH contrarily I know Paul as consistently blocking my patches without
any explaining comment except such as "is a mess". Also sad!

-Ulf



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