Hi Gyan On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 11:44:41PM +0530, Gyan Doshi wrote: > > > On 2025-01-20 11:14 pm, Soft Works wrote: > > - An indication that the aim and direction of the contribution is > > generally acceptable > > This the crux of the matter. There appear to be two camps at odds with one > another: > > 1) a conservative camp which wants to avoid features or changes which don't > neatly fit within a conventional pure architecture with clear separation of > roles and duties, or features which are of use only to some users > > and, > > 2) a broadband camp which accepts features which are niche or which require > some hybrid accommodation in its implementation. > > For most of ffmpeg history, the latter has been the dominant camp. But not > in recent history. > Tweaking the structures or procedures of governance can't ultimately bridge > this chasm. It's almost like these camps should be part of different > projects. We need plugins please lobby for a plugin architecture thx [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB z(9) = an object that transcends all computable functions describable in finite terms. - ChatGPT in 2024