On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 12:39:45PM +0000, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel wrote: > > The list does not match your list, for example Gautam is on your list > > but not on joshs > > > > So my question is still standing, can you explain how your list was created? > > or where its from? > > How was the list of your root admins created? Who decided they would be root? while off topic and i think a flame bait. the reason why iam one of the 6 root admins? Because in the very distant past there was a fork that controlled the server and i had no access and no server so i had to be admin on the new server. (but thats the past and its better to let this rest, the war is long over and both sides have forgotten and forgiven each other, please do not bring this up again, it was agreed by people of both sides IIRC that this subject should be layed to rest!) Also git shortlog -s -n | egrep 'Michael Niedermayer|Kieran Kunhya' 28789 Michael Niedermayer 91 Kieran Kunhya Why arpi ? because he provided the server, and risked his job for years to host it. Not once complaining about the bandwidth. And the only thing he got was hatred from the community. Only when his bosses all left and he was the only one left knowing that this server existed did we had to move. why Reimar ? because the server is hosting ffmpeg and MPlayer and reimar was at the time the main developer / "leader" of MPlayer. And even today decades later reimar is still available, if theres an emergency with the server iam confident he can make some free time to help. I think thats impressive for a 0$ per year payment. Reimar is also a major contributor and author of FFmpeg with over 1400 commits why Alexander ? he has helped with many things, trac related, backups, and same as reimar he is reliable, still around after 10+ years with 0$ per year payment why Nikolay ? He is the guy from the new place that is hosting the new server, he has helped with so many things, i cannot possibly enumerate them. From bringing up patchwork, doing upgrades, the backup system both sw and a seperate system to host them, and also doing all this for 0$ to us. Where else can you find a professional admin doing that ? Why Thresh ? He was and is admin in various places, someone with significant experience. The most recent person to join. and the backup in case everyone else is unavalable. Now i think thats a pretty decent team even if we have to pay people. But they all cost us 0$ Why not you ? I think you where root on the trac server you provided and where hosting for us. but you kicked FFmpeg out and shut that down around the time of the vote to ban carl. But its long ago and maybe i misremember. We had a backup server and recovered with noone noticing the trac server moved. (now we do not have a backup server anymore) You have extensive knowledge in the broadcast area, and i have often found your tweets funny. Iam not sure why you are sometimes so aggressive/hostile The thing is if everyone currently in FFmpeg would be working together not only would we all enjoy working in FFmpeg alot more it just would be better thx [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB If a bugfix only changes things apparently unrelated to the bug with no further explanation, that is a good sign that the bugfix is wrong.