Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Democratization work in progress draft v2

From: "Ronald S. Bultje" <rsbultje@gmail.com>
To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>
Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Democratization work in progress draft v2
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 21:29:13 -0500
Message-ID: <CAEEMt2nnP9XxYFMTJs3cQQrwtznVmz1Q1dbsB+CwAnHxXA55tA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250201215325.GT4991@pb2>

Michael,

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> The system is absurd, the text points this out in a mocking/ironic way.
> If you want me to reword this in a dry formal way, i can submit such a
> patch?
>

Every system is absurd. "If everyone just agreed with me, then ..." There
are no perfect systems. If there were, everyone would use it.

> If not, how do you suggest we move forward here ?
> We can replace the GA by a system that is not vulnerable
> We can treat the GA more as guidance and not a final authority
> We can publish the issue and warn our users and leave it vulnerable
> We can try to block every choice, and treat this like any "publish after
> 90day"
>    security issue (ffmpeg community refuses to fix or publish)
>

We could also do nothing.

Ronald
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