[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] STF 2025

[Andrew Sayers]

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 03:49:58PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Before this is forgotten again, better start some dicsussion too early than too late
> 
> I propose that if we have the oppertunity again next year to receive a grant
> from STF. That we use it to fund:
> 
> * Paul to work on FFmpeg full time. My idea here is that he can work on whatever
>   he likes in FFmpeg (so its not full time employment for specific work but
>   simply full time employment for him to work on whatever he likes in FFmpeg any
>   way he likes) Paul is the 2nd largest contributor to FFmpeg (git shortlog -s -n)

Instead of one person creating code five days a week, how about paying five
people to review code one day a week each?  As well as being less divisive
among maintainers, a public list of people who are obliged to do reviews would
make us peripheral developers feel less like we're shouting into a void.