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

[Timo Rothenpieler]

On 12.02.2025 23:01, Soft Works wrote:
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>> -----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:
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>>>> -----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:
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>>>>>> 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,
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>>> 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.
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> I don't think it's a good idea to build such entry bars.
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>> 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.
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> That's a workflow I've never heard about - same like most other contributors. Again, that is building an entry bar.
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> 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?
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I'm really not sure what you're asking.
PRs are not restricted. Creating repos is.
And there is no way to NOT restrict it, unless you want to pay several 
hundred Euros a month in hosting fees extra, and constantly be on the 
lookout for hosting illegal/harmful things.