[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Experiment: enable github pull requests

[Soft Works]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Timo
> Rothenpieler
> Sent: Mittwoch, 12. Februar 2025 22:51
> To: ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Experiment: enable github pull requests
> 
> On 12.02.2025 22:37, Soft Works wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> Timo
> >> Rothenpieler
> >> Sent: Mittwoch, 12. Februar 2025 22:33
> >> To: ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
> >> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Experiment: enable github pull requests
> >>
> >> On 12.02.2025 22:22, Stephen Hutchinson wrote:
> >>> On 2/12/25 2:23 PM, Lynne wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 12/02/2025 19:53, Romain Beauxis wrote:
> >>>>> Le mer. 12 févr. 2025 à 12:49, Lynne <dev at lynne.ee> a écrit :
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Users can already login to the instance with their github accounts, so
> >>>>>> there's no barrier to entry.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Would you mind sharing the url? A quick search didn't reveal anything.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sure
> >>>> https://code.ffmpeg.org/
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Are all accounts restricted to owning a maximum of 0 repositories by
> >>> default, or is it set to 0 only for those that sign up through one of
> >>> the external logins?
> >>
> >> It's set to 0 by default, to avoid spammers uploading junk, or just
> >> people (ab)using it for non-ffmpeg things.
> >>
> >> You can open issues and comment on existing PRs.
> >> And also create PRs using the AGit workflow:
> >> https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/agit-support/
> >>
> >> The repo limit can manually be lifted per user. I preferred that
> >> approach vs. the Videolan approach of completely locking down the
> >> instance, and requiring admin approval for every single new user, which
> >> imo is more detrimental to new contributors than a ML.
> >
> > Hi Timo,
> >
> > Does that mean that you cannot create forks and create PRs from that forked
> repo like on GitHub?
> >
> Not sure what you mean, you need "admin approval" to be allowed to
> create repos, including forks.

I don't think it's a good idea to build such entry bars. 

> Just to avoid abuse. Obviously you can then PR from that fork once you
> got one.
> Or you can submit PRs without a fork as stated above.

That's a workflow I've never heard about - same like most other contributors. Again, that is building an entry bar.

I think people should be able to use a procedure they are familiar with.
Is it possible to create PRs from a fork on GitHub?

Thanks
sw