[FFmpeg-devel] Democratization work in progress draft v2

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Michael,

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> The system is absurd, the text points this out in a mocking/ironic way.
> If you want me to reword this in a dry formal way, i can submit such a
> patch?
>

Every system is absurd. "If everyone just agreed with me, then ..." There
are no perfect systems. If there were, everyone would use it.


> If not, how do you suggest we move forward here ?
> We can replace the GA by a system that is not vulnerable
> We can treat the GA more as guidance and not a final authority
> We can publish the issue and warn our users and leave it vulnerable
> We can try to block every choice, and treat this like any "publish after
> 90day"
>    security issue (ffmpeg community refuses to fix or publish)
>

We could also do nothing.

Ronald