Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Democratization

[Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>]

Marth64 (12025-01-20):
> Who wants to spend the time to decipher say, 30 commits as individual
> emails or learn custom software to do this, just to review PRs?

What custom software? The point is precisely that anybody is free to use
the software of their choosing.

>								  And then
> try to respond line by line in dull monospace emails.

Well, code is indented, reading it in non-monospace font is a recipe for
catastrophe.

> This is all time wasted.

Setting up tools to interact properly with Git and mailing-list is time
*invested*. It is only wasted for somebody who intends to work on the
project until the next job opportunity and then leave. For somebody who
intends to stick around, the time invested is profitable in the extra
efficiency it brings.

And I need to emphasize here that our process should favor long-term
contributors over drive-by contributors.

Furthermore, the time we are speaking of right now is negligible in
comparison of the time needed to achieve the kind of familiarity with
the code necessary to review patches with any kind of relevance.

> Now imagine a scenario where there is a modern workflow

I have still to be shown a “modern” workflow where “modern” is not
synonym mostly with clicking randomly on things in a web browser.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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