Hi Remi

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 10:54:14AM +0300, Rémi Denis-Courmont via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> Le maanantaina 15. syyskuuta 2025, 0.23.17 Itä-Euroopan kesäaika Michael 
> Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel a écrit :

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> > we can have custom ticket states and custom
> > workflow on tickets.
> 
> We can have custom labels for tickets and MRs.
> 
> However before FFmpeg can consider migrating from Trac to Forgejo, we have to 
> consider the (anti)spam implications. I suppose there is not much spam yet 
> because Gitlab is vastly more popular, but that's probably only a matter of 
> time.
> 
> If code.ffmpeg.org needs to be locked down with manual approval like 
> FreeDesktop and VideoLAN's Gitlab instances, then migrating the bug reporting 
> there may not be such a great idea. Unless we specifically want to restrict bug 
> reporting to trusted community members.

I agree, anti-spam is a big deal. trac has quite extensive anti spam capabilities.


> 
> Otherwise, I don't really see any benefit to Trac. Forgejo would allow us to 
> link issues and MRs, and presumably also automatically close issues. We just 
> need to agree whether to migrate existing issues or not (and if we do, find 
> someone to do the SQL wizardry).

AI generated migration script attacht.
This is untested and is very unlikely to work as is, but parts of it could
be usefull i guess or it could serve as a starting point.

thx


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